Main entry:

Kühn, Heinrich.

Title & Author:

Heinrich Kuhn : the perfect photograph / with foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Guy Cogeval and Peter C. Marzio ; with contributions by Monika Faber [and others] ; edited by Monika Faber and Astrid Mahler.

Publication:

Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Heinrich Kuhn, The Perfect Photograph, Albertina, Vienna, June 11 to September 12, 2010 ; Musée national de l'Orangerie, Paris, October 19, 2010 to January 23, 2011 ; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6 to May 30, 2011. --P. 280.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The art of tonal values or, complete control of photographic material ; "The same sensibility found in modern artists" : the early work ; "Strongly influenced by the photo-secession" : the influence of American photographers on Heinrich Kühn ; "The most patient of models" : Mary Warner's many roles / Monika Faber -- "I'm taking the children to the country" : the children as a motif ; "Learning how to look at color only" : autochromes / Astrid Mahler -- "A series of sittings" : portraits ; "Motifs close by" : late landscapes ; "Very simple attempts at composition" : still lifes and studies of light / Monika Faber -- Heinrich Kühn : his life and work / Astrid Mahler -- Glossary of Heinrich Kühn's photography technology / Andreas Gruber.

Summary:

"German scientist and photographer Heinrich Kuhn (1866-1944) was one of the central figures in the establishment of international art photography at the turn of the twentieth century. Having studied botany and medicine, Kuhn made his first photograph in the late 1870s, dedicating himself solely to the medium within a decade. He achieved this dedication through the support of American photographers Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and others. After a meeting in 1904, Stieglitz and Kuhn initiated an almost 30-year-long correspondence, ushering in an era of pioneering experimentation with autochrome and other photographic processes. Critical to Kuhn's success was an offset process he perfected, which allowed him to deliberately dissolve the sharpness of the image and alter its brightness. The results are gorgeous, dreamy images full of rich, delicate color. Around 1910, Kuhn reduced the romantic cosmos of Pictorialism to the point where his compositions became almost abstract, so that only the study of light and the rendering of tonal values mattered. He later returned to exploring the photograph as objective record, concentrating mainly on writing and to experiments in photographic technology. This landmark volume surveys the works of a revelatory photographer."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9783775725699 (English ed.)
3775725695 (English ed.)

Subject:

Kühn, Heinrich Exhibitions.
Kühn, Heinrich, 1866-1944 Expositions.
Kühn, Heinrich
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographers Germany.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photographes Allemagne.
Photography.
Photographers
Photography, Artistic
Fotokonst Österrike 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Fotokonst Tyskland 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Fotografi Österrike 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Fotografi Tyskland 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Fotografer Tyskland 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Fotografer Österrike 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Piktorialism 1800-talet 1900-talet.
Germany

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Faber, Monika, 1954-
Mahler, Astrid, 1972-
Erzherzogliche Kunstsammlung Albertina.
Musée de l'Orangerie.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Perfect photograph

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271074
Call No.: BIB 204006
Status: Available