The Dayton Art Institute in Ohio was one of the earliest collectors of photography as art, and this was in no small part due to the work of Jane Reece, a tiny, insistently private woman from Dayton who nonetheless embraced photography passionately around the turn of the 20th century. Reece worked in a Pictorialist style, with romantic costumes and soft focus, and though the Modernists held sway in the 1930s, eclipsing her fame if not her determination, her images and portraits-often of other artists, here and in Europe-are again being appreciated for their artistry. This catalog from the Dayton Art Institute contains 83 plates in various shades of sepia and silver tones, and many additional illustrations, including a handful of autochrome color photographs.
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The Dayton Art Institute in Ohio was one of the earliest collectors of photography as art, and this was in no small part due to the work of Jane Reece, a tiny, insistently private woman from Dayton who nonetheless embraced photography passionately around the turn of the 20th century. Reece worked in a Pictorialist style, with romantic costumes and soft focus, and though the Modernists held sway in the 1930s, eclipsing her fame if not her determination, her images and portraits-often of other artists, here and in Europe-are again being appreciated for their artistry. This catalog from the Dayton Art Institute contains 83 plates in various shades of sepia and silver tones, and many additional illustrations, including a handful of autochrome color photographs.
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