Realism in Photography

Summary information

Date

Tue Jul 26 1949 until Mon Sep 26 1949

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

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1949

May 1949

June 1949

July 1949

August 1949

September 1949

October 1949

November 1949

Realism in Photography

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

The House in the Museum Garden

Twentieth Century Italian Art

Art Nouveau from the Museum Collection

Oskar Kokoschka

Prints by Gauguin, Vuillard, and Bonnard

Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

Sculpture by Painters

Anni Albers Textiles

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1946-07	1954-09	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
2	1949-04	1949-10	The House in the Museum Garden
3	1949-06	1949-09	Twentieth Century Italian Art
4	1949-07	1949-09	Art Nouveau from the Museum Collection
5	1949-07	1949-10	Oskar Kokoschka
6	1949-07	1949-09	Prints by Gauguin, Vuillard, and Bonnard
7	1949-08	1949-10	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
8	1949-08	1949-10	Sculpture by Painters
9	1949-09	1949-11	Anni Albers Textiles

Artists

There were 4 persons who influenced this exhibition.

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Tosh Matsumoto Wayne Miller

Wayne Miller

Biographical statement American, 1918–2013

Born 1918 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2013

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Wayne Miller

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Wayne Miller was involved in 17 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 8 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-09	1947-12	MoMA	Three Young Photographers
2	1948-04	1948-07	MoMA	In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography
3	1948-07	1948-09	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
4	1949-02	1949-05	MoMA	The Exact Instant
5	1949-07	1949-09	MoMA	Realism in Photography

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-11	1951-12	MoMA	Memorable Life Photographs
2	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Christmas Photographs
3	1952-08	1952-08	MoMA	Then and Now
4	1955-01	1955-05	MoMA	The Family of Man
5	1956-04	1956-05	MoMA	Family Service Association Posters
6	1957-11	1958-04	MoMA	70 Photographers Look at New York
7	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
8	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-10	1960-10	MoMA	Photographs for Collectors
2	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center
3	1965-03	1965-05	MoMA	The Photo Essay

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1976-05	1976-07	MoMA	Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 1974–1976

Tosh Matsumoto

Biographical statement American, 1920-2010

Born 1920 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2010

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Tosh Matsumoto was involved in 6 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1948-04	1948-07	MoMA	In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography
2	1949-07	1949-09	MoMA	Realism in Photography

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-08	1950-09	MoMA	Photographs by 51 Photographers
2	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Christmas Photographs
3	1952-11	1953-03	MoMA	Diogenes with a Camera II
4	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection

Frederick Sommer Ralph Steiner

Ralph Steiner

Biographical statement American, 1899–1986

Born 1899 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1986

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Ralph Steiner was involved in 30 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1970s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1990s,2000s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1937-03	1937-04	MoMA	Photography 1839–1937
2	1938-05	1938-07	MoMA	Three Centuries of American Art
3	1939-05	1939-09	MoMA	Seven American Photographers

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Photography
2	1949-07	1949-09	MoMA	Realism in Photography

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Color Photography
2	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography
3	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Christmas Photographs
4	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
5	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1962-04	1962-05	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
2	1964-05	1964-08	MoMA	The Photographer's Eye
3	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center
4	1967-10		MoMA	Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-06	1970-09	MoMA	Photo Eye of the 20s
2	1974-09	1974-12	MoMA	Public Landscapes
3	1976-03	1976-06	MoMA	Photography for Collectors
4	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties
5	1979-11	1980-03	MoMA	In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection
2	1985-12	1986-03	MoMA	Variants
3	1986-07		MoMA	Ralph Steiner Memorial Installation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-02	1990-05	MoMA	Photography Until Now
2	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-06	MoMA	Photography: Inaugural Installation
2	2008-12	2009-02	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2011-05	2012-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation
3	2013-01	2013-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
4	2013-08	2014-01	MoMA	American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe

Frederick Sommer

Biographical statement American, born Italy. 1905–1999

Born 1905 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1999

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Frederick Sommer was involved in 31 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-10	1942-02	MoMA	Image of Freedom
2	1946-06	1946-09	MoMA	New Photographers
3	1949-07	1949-09	MoMA	Realism in Photography

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-08	1950-09	MoMA	Photographs by 51 Photographers
2	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography
3	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Christmas Photographs
4	1952-05	1952-09	MoMA	Diogenes with a Camera
5	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
6	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1962-04	1962-05	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
3	1963-02		MoMA	Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space IV
4	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center
5	1965-10	1966-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Photography
6	1967-10		MoMA	Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
7	1969-07	1969-09	MoMA	Portrait Photographs

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1973-07	1973-09	MoMA	Collage and the Photo-Image
2	1975-08	1975-11	MoMA	Picture Puzzles
3	1979-12		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection
2	1981-07	1981-10	MoMA	American Landscapes
3	1981-10	1982-01	MoMA	Still Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
2	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection
3	1994-04	1994-07	MoMA	American Surrealist Photography from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Seeing Double
2	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Anatomically Incorrect
3	2006-12	2007-07	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation 4
4	2009-08	2010-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation 6

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-10	2011-04	MoMA	Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture
2	2011-05	2012-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation

Realism in Photography

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

M

Wayne Miller

Exhibitions

1940s (5)

1950s (8)

1960s (3)

1970s (1)

Tosh Matsumoto

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (4)

S

Ralph Steiner

Exhibitions

1930s (3)

1940s (2)

1950s (5)

1960s (4)

1970s (5)

1980s (3)

1990s (2)

2000s (2)

2010s (4)

Frederick Sommer

Exhibitions

1940s (3)

1950s (6)

1960s (7)

1970s (3)

1980s (3)

1990s (3)

2000s (4)

2010s (2)

Acknowledgements