True Colors
Color in Photography from 1849 to 1955
From 24 January 2025
ALBERTINA MODERN, VIENNA
How did color enter photography? This presentation affords insights into the development of photography in color with outstanding works from the ALBERTINA’s own holdings. It draws an impressive arc from the 19th century’s initial experimental techniques to the viable analog color photography that emerged during the 1950s. Color photography was revolutionized by milestones such as the development of the interference process in 1891 and the Lumière brothers’ early 20th century autochromes, with various simultaneously employed photochemical and three-color processes exemplifying the broad array of approaches to producing color images. True Colors thematizes contexts in which historical color photography was employed, and the effects of popular color photographic processes on the culture of images during the 20th century’s first half.
The exhibition is on view at the ALBERTINA MODERN Museum from 24 January 2025 to 21 April 2025.
Hans Madensky | ashion portrait – student from the ViennaHetzendorf fashion school, 1952 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent Loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Adolphe Braun | Sample board of various pigment papers from Braun & Co, around 1910 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes- Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Anonymous | Laboratory still life, around 1906 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent Loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Auguste and Louis Lumière | Bracelets, 1893-1900 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
Heinrich Kühn | The Parasol, 1912 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna | Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Philippe Pottier | Evening gown by Madame Grès, 1950/1954 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent Loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Richard Neuhauss | Parrot, 1899 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent Loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Wilhelm Horn | Portrait of a young officer, 1849 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan by Höhere Graphische Bundes- Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Arthur von Hübl | Exotic butterflies, 1908-1914 | The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent Loan by Höhere Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt | © Photo: The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
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