The expatriate painter Elizabeth Nourse (1859–1938) left Cincinnati in 1887 to study, live, and work in Europe for the rest of her life. This small selection of paintings and sketchbooks from local collections highlights her interest in depicting mothers and children. A painting by Nourse is also featured in the exhibition Dutch Utopia.

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GE - Aviation

The 120 vintage photographs in this exhibition show the rise of Pictorialism in the late 19th century, which strove to elevate photography to an art form. Photographers include Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Gertrude Käsebier, Heinrich Kühn, Robert Demachy, Frederick Evans, F. Holland Day, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Ansel Adams.

Presented by 

Sponsors
Thomas R. Schiff
The John Hauck Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, John W. Hauck, E. Allen Elliot and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees
The Frank J. Kloenne and Jacqueline D. Kloenne Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees
Ellen and George Rieveschl Endowment

Operating Support
Fine Arts Fund
Ohio Arts Council

Media Partners

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P&G

 Members' Preview
Thursday, May 20, 2009, 5–8 p.m.
Enjoy a cash bar and a menu of light fare from Taft Executive Chef Mark Bowers.
Complimentary valet parking
For more information, call (513) 352-5134.

Reservations are requested.
(513) 241-0343, ext. 39

Along with two major oil paintings, one from early in his career and one late, the Taft Museum of Art holds ten watercolors by Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851). Spanning the first half of the 19th century, these watercolors depict landscapes of Switzerland, Germany, England, Scotland, and Italy. Historically, they broke new ground in the artistic fields of book illustration, travel views, and the watercolor medium itself.

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GE - Aviation

J. M. W. Turner, Chateau de Rinkenberg, on the Lac de Brienz, Switzerland, 1809, watercolor on paper. Taft Museum of Art