How did color get into photography? The exhibition True Colors – Color in Photography from 1849 to 1955 answers this question with outstanding works from the ALBERTINA Museum’s photo collection.
The desire for color in photography has dominated the world of photography from the very beginning. True Colors traces the development of color photography, from the first experimental techniques in the 19th century to generally applicable analog color photography.
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ALBERTINA MODERN is one of the largest museums for modern and contemporary art. ALBERTINA’s second location opened on May 27, 2020. It has a collection of over 60,000 works by 5,000 artists. On more than 2,000 square meters, ALBERTINA MODERN presents comprehensive exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, based on its own holdings and, above all, major works of the Essl Collection, which has been housed in ALBERTINA since 2017.
True Colors: Color in Photography from 1849 to 1955
24 Jan 2025 - 21 Apr 2025
Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Wien, Österreich
Richard Neuhauss, Papagei, 1899, ALBERTINA, Wien – Dauerleihgabe der Höheren Graphischen Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt © Foto: ALBERTINA, Wien
