The Frick Pittsburgh presents Impressionist to Modernist: Masterworks of Early Photography

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, February 21, 2015, the exhibition Impressionist to Modernist: Masterworks of Early Photography opens at The Frick Pittsburgh. Featuring an international group of artists, this exhibition captures—though more than 70 works— a pivotal time in the history of the development of the medium of photography. Beginning in the 1880s and concluding in the 1930s, Impressionist to Modernist illustrates the progression of photography from the painterly, Impressionistic work of the Pictorialist movement, through the 20th century rise of "straight" photography—a Modernist approach that advocated that photographs be nothing more than direct representation of the world, free from artificial manipulation of the image through lenses, tinting, or processing. Rare, handcrafted, vintage prints made through a variety of processes illustrate some of the artistic choices open to the late-19th and early-20th century photographer, and chart the shift to prominence of the classic black and white (gelatin silver) print, which came to dominate photography in the 20th century.

The exhibition, which will remain on view through April 19, 2015, is organized around the galvanic personality of Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), photographer, champion of modern art in general, and famously, the husband of painter Georgia O'Keeffe (who is pictured in two of his photographs in the exhibition). Throughout the 1890s he worked to promote photography as fine art and gained an international reputation. Impressionist to Modernist: Masterworks of Early Photography includes significant groups of photographs by major members of Stieglitz's circle, such as Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934), Clarence White (1871–1925), Edward Steichen (1879–1973), and Paul Strand (1890–1976).

Visitors to the exhibition are welcome to take non-flash photographs of their own in the galleries. Admission is free.

This exhibition is drawn from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg and organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions.

More information about the exhibition and related public programs is available at www.TheFrickPittsburgh.org.

SOURCE The Frick Pittsburgh

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