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