The Seasons
Artist
Alice Boughton
(American, 1865-1943)
Publisher
Alfred Stieglitz
(American, 1868 - 1949)
CultureAmerican
DateApril 1909
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (21 x 15.9 cm)
PortfolioCamera Work, No. 26
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number89.126.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photogravure; originally part of CAMERA WORK.Label TextAlice Boughton American, 1866–1943 The Seasons, 1909 Photogravure published in Camera Work No. 26 (April 1909) Chrysler Museum of Art, Museum purchase 89.126.6 Camera Work American, 1903–17 The trendsetting quarterly Camera Work reviewed all types of artmaking, but its primary goal was to promote photography as fine art. Each issue featured essays, many written by its editor, Alfred Stieglitz, and other photographers, as well as high-quality photogravure images, printed on tissue paper and carefully tipped into the journal by hand. These photographers worked in a style, known as Pictorialism, that was in dialogue with Impressionism and other modern art movements. Many images used soft focus and lighting to create a hazy, dreamlike atmosphere. Artists carefully organized the props, costumes, and poses of their models, and beautiful women in garden settings were an especially popular theme. Like the paintings in this exhibition, Camera Work offered idealized images of domestic beauty and encouraged the cultivation of gardens as spaces for leisure and creativity. Exhibition History"Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 16 - September 6, 2015.
