[alt-photo] Re: Pictorialism show - or, not the worst place to ink a bromoil

[Christina Anderson]

This is so exciting!  Is a catalog going to be published that we can buy?
Chris

Christina Z. Anderson
christinaZanderson.com

On Apr 6, 2010, at 3:15 AM, <C.Breukel at lumc.nl> <C.Breukel at lumc.nl> wrote:

> I visited said exhibition yesterday, definitely very worthwhile!
> 
> Kees: I did not realize it was you in the movie! I only read your
> message today, and my kids were distracting me (they were enjoying the
> audio tour in the Rembrandt huis very much, but after that their
> concentration was over..;-)..) Could enjoy the exhibition but no time
> for the movie alas..saw a glimpse of you inking though..
> 
> Btw I was struck by the fact that a lot of prints were (direct carbon
> prints..
> 
> Check it out if you are able!
> 
> Cor
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: alt-photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org
> [mailto:alt-
>> photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of Kees
>> Brandenburg
>> Sent: zondag 4 april 2010 17:20
>> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
>> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Pictorialism show - or,not the worst place to
> ink
>> a bromoil
>> 
>>> There's a great Pictorialism show at the Dutch Rembrandthuis...12
> Dutch
>> photographers searching for the Rembrandt atmosphere in early
> photography
>> in 100 images
>>> Jacques Verschuren
>> 
>> Thanks for mentioning this Jacques,
>> 
>> There's also an english version:
>> 
> http://www.rembrandthuis.nl/cms_pages/index_sub.php?url=actueel_en.php&p
> at
>> h=1,0,0&nav_lang=en
>> 
>> The exhibition shows indeed a wide selection of Dutch pictorialist
>> photographers from the late 19th and the early 20th century. The
>> exhibition consists of prints from the Leiden University Special
>> Collections. Their photocollection is the oldest institutional
>> photocollection in the Netherlands. An important focus of the
> collection
>> has allways been technique oriented. Thats why there are  large
> numbers of
>> gum, platinum carbon and bromoilprints  on display in the
> Rembrandthouse.
>> 
>> I have been at the opening, last wednesday, and if anyone is going to
> the
>> Netherlands it's absolutely worth a visit. The Rembrandthouse is the
> house
>> Rembrandt worked and lived. You  can also visit the house and
> Rembrandt's
>> studio where he painted many of his works.
>> 
>> If you visit the exhibition don't miss the introduction film on
> display
>> there. In this film you can, among other information, see me inking a
>> bromoil. And where was I asked to do this? Yes... in  Rembrandt's
> studio!
>> 
>> If you have some more time left, don't miss another interesting
> exhibition
>> in Amsterdam. At a walking distance from the Rembrandthouse you can
> visit:
>> Amsterdam 1845 - 1875, The First Photographs, on display in the
> Municipal
>> Archives. The exhibition is around a series of early photographs
> Benjamin
>> Brecknell Turner made in Amsterdam, but shows many more prints by
> local
>> and foreign photographers from these years.
>> 
>> http://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/english/exhibitions/index.en.html
>> 
>> In The Hague you can still (until April 16) visit another selection
> from
>> the Leiden collection: Fotografie! With a selection as wide as the
> history
>> of photography: from daguerreotyps to contemporary prints (even gum).
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/yefbmew
>> 
>> kees
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