Ambassadors of Progress: American Women Photographers in Paris, 1900 - 1901
Hardcover
2001 · Giverney, France
by Bronwyn Griffith; Verna Posever Curtis; Laura Ilise Meister
Giverney, France: Musee d'Art Americain Giverney in association with the Library of Congress, 2001. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Celery green cloth, pictorial DJ. 200 pp. 218 bw plates. An exhibition held in Paris a century ago demonstrated the key role American women photographers played in the international pictorialist movement. The accomplishment of these professional and amateur photographers clearly demonstrated a mastery of the medium and made a strong impression on those in attendance. Ambassadors of Progress explores this largely unknown event. Each of the 29 artists, including such well-known figures as Gertrude Kaesebier, Amelia van Buren and Zaida Ben-Yusuf, is represented in a selection of approximately 70 breathtaking color plates drawn from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of American History. The photographs include landscapes, portraiture, genre scenes, and still-lifes, all of which are evocatively composed and delicately toned using a variety of photographic techniques. Published to accompany the exhibition held in France: Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, September 13 to November 30, 2001; two additional venues. (Inventory #: 33457)