The " 291 "

A growing dissatisfaction with the photographic establishment in England and in America at the turn of the century led to the formation of new groups such as the Linked Ring in the UK, and a group of avante-garde photographers in the United States, spearhearded by Stieglitz The American group came to be known as the Photo-Secession. From November 1905 this group laid on exhibitions of work at "The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession" at 291 Fifth Avenue, New York, which came to be known simply as "291." Though the idea initially had been to display the new form of photography, the 291 evolved to become a major focal point of modern art. Paintings exhibited included those of Cezanne, Rodin, Matisse, Picasso, and Toulouse-Lautrec. In 1917 the 291, in financial difficulties, closed its doors, though Stieglitz operated other similar galleries up to the 1940s. By Dr. Robert Leggat

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