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Often referred to as the “father of art photography,” Oscar G. Rejlander has been praised for his early experiments with combination printing, his collaboration with Charles Darwin, and his influence on the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Lewis Carroll. This exhibition is the first major retrospective on Rejlander, highlighting new research and a selection of works brought together for the first time.
Organized by the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada.
SELECTED WORKS
Enchanted by a Parrot (Mary Rejlander?), about 1860, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. William Talbott Hillman Collection, New York. Photo: Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York
Mary Constable and Her Brother, 1866, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005 (2005.100.24). Image: www.metmuseum.org
Ariadne, 1857, Oscar Rejlander, albumen print from a wet collodion negative. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Paul Mellon Fund (2007.29.38)
Study of Hands, 1856, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2014 (46254)
Allegorical Study (Sacred and Profane Love), about 1860, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. Wilson Centre for Photography, London
Lionel Tennyson, about 1863, Oscar Rejlander, albumen print from a wet collodion negative. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Paul Mellon Fund (2007.29.39)
Two Ways of Life (Hope in Repentance) (detail), 1857, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Two Ways of Life (Hope in Repentance), 1857, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Participals, or Grammar for Little Boys: Caught (pendant to The Participles, or Grammar for Little Boys: Catching), 1857, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum
The First Negative, 1857, Oscar Rejlander, albumen silver print. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY / Patrice Schmidt
The Juggler, about 1865, printed later, Oscar Rejlander, platinum print. The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Acquired with the generous assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Publication
Oscar G. Rejlander: Artist Photographer
Lori Pauli, with essays by Jordan Bear, Karen Hellman and Phillip Prodger
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