TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 6, 1908.
PKoto-Secession Protest Against Conventional in Pictorial Camera Work
ATTITUDE OP CRITICS CHANGES FROM DERISION TO EXPECTANT INTEREST, AND ART IS TRIUMPHANT
THROUGH the kindness of the owner,
William B. Dyer, now of Hood
River, the Portland Art Asso
ciation is showing at its museum
some excellent examples of work by
members of the "Photo Secession."
Mr. Dyer was one of the original
members and has always been promi
nent In the movement. He did much t
develop Interest in the cause in Chicago.
The exhibition will continue until Satur
day. September 12. Following Is Mr.
Dyer's statement of the work and aim
of th,e Photo-Secession:
"The Photo-Secession Is an organlxation
founded a few years since by Alfred
Stlegllt. Mrs. Gertrude Kasebler. Ed
ward Steichen. Joseph Keiley. Dallett
Fuguet. J. F. Strauss, of New York:
Clarence White, of Ohio; J. G. Bullock,
of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Eva Watson
Scbutxe and William B. Dyer, of Illinois.
It stands as an exponent. In a broad way,
of an International movement, and, in
their work, the members protest against
the conventional conception of what con
stitutes pictorial photography.
"The movement for the recognition of
photography as a means for original pic
torial expression has not been lacking of
ridicule and misrepresentation. The
earliest efforts In this line, before the
founding of the- Photo-Secession, resulted
In a few exhibitions In New York. Phila
delphia and Boston, which really resulted
In the negative of the result expected,
and tie creating of unsound standards.
Much of chaos and discontent was re
sultant, out of which grew the Photo
Secession, a body of worBers who be
ttevwd In and had been connected with
the Bhotographlo pictorial movement,
who had well-defined Ideas on the sub
ject, and who were desirous of having
unity of purpose and harmony of action
as governing laws.
"By adopting, as one of Its principal
objects, the exploitation of all repre
sentative work, whether that of friend or
foe. it established a policy of putting be
fore the picture-loving public compact
shows of the very best examples of pho
tography as a picture-making medium,
srfl In such shano and manner as to ex
cite attention and respect.
founded In February, 1902.
"The first exhibition was at the Na
tional Arts Club. New York City, on the
Invitation of that organization. On the
strength of this exhibition collections of
selected American prints were sent
abroad, where they won universal atten
tlon and at Turin and elsewhere the
American work was awarded a premier
position among the national work shown.
"When successes here apd abroad
crowned the earliest efforts of the Photo
Secession the attitude of its critics
changed from derision to that of expec
tant Interest. Finally the Little Galler
lea. In New York City, was opened by the
organization, and has become a place of
distinction In art circles. During the
first season 15,000 people visited the
various collections of American and Eu
ropean work shown there.
"The Photo-Secession does not claim to
even begin to represent and encompass
within itself all that Is best and finest
In American pictorial photography. It
simply stands for an Idea that idea Is a
taitn in tne future ot photography as a
medium for original art expression, faith
in the principle that the soundness of an
Idea will be tested by time and that the
logical, consistent support of a sound Idea
Is bound tn win out in the nd.
PORTLAND SOCIAL NEWS
CONTINUED FBOM THIRD PAGE
week, after a month's visit with frienia
and relatives In San Francisco and Oakland.
Mrs. J. 8. Backenstoa attended the re
gatta at Astoria, the guest of Mrs. Jacob
Utzinger.
Miss Kathleen Lawler has removed her
studio to Columbia building, West Park
and Washington.
Louis Rosenblatt and family have re
turned to the city from their Summer
home at Gearb&rt. .
Miss Ethel Richardson, of Seattle, Is
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Havens, of this city.
Mrs. T. C. Bloomer and her sister, Eve
lyn Fisher, are spending the week at Sea
side with their mother.
Mrs. E. J. Oliver, of 137 Tenth street,
returned Thursday, after a atay of
three weeks in New York.
Mrs. Sam I. Goldsmith and daughters,
Desda and Moda. have returned, after
two months' stay at Seaside.
G Lee Hyneon leaves for Philadel
phia on Thursday to resume his studies
at Jefferson Medical College.
Mrs. S. E. Baker, of Walla Walla,
who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
E. G. Fanning, has returned.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bettman have re
turned from Klamath Falls after a four
weeka' vacation. They are now located'
at Madison Court.
MIsees Fannie -G. and Kate L Porter,
teachers In the Portland public schools,
are spending two weeks at Seaside, at
the Hotel Moore.
Mrs. Helen Scott and Miss Gertrude
Churchman returned last Tuesday from
a week's visit at Centervllle, the guests
of Mrs. Robert S. Farrell.
Mrs. J. R. Fisher, with her children,
1s spending the entire season at Sea
side in the Ramsey, cottage, and will re
main through September.
. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ovlatt have been
occupying a cottage at Seaside during
August. The first of September their
daughter, Mrs, G. C. Braman, with her
children, joined
the season.
Misses Willow and Hazel Fields, daugh
ters of Charles E. Fields, are to leave for
Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn., Sep-
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A- f - II founded In February, 1902.
i V " (I "The first exhibition was at the Na-
H . .. V-S II tional Arts Club. New York City, on the
C-.I I : II invitation of that organization. On the
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tember 8. Each will enter for a four
years' course.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Prince, with their
daughter. Vera, have returned to Port
land, after a pleasant stay of six weeks
at their Summer home at Ocean Park.
Miss Clara Eberle, who has been visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. M. E. May, of
Kern Park, for the past six weeks, has
returned to her home in San Francisco,
Mrs. M. J. Littler, of Sari Jose, Cal.,
formerly of Portland, and her son, John,
are this week the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Fox, 45 East Sixteenth street North.
Miss Sarah O'Brien has arrived In Port
land to visit her brother. Rev. J. D.
O'Brien, of the Holy Rosary Church, and
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Mo
loney. Mrs. J. V. Milligan leaves for New York
this week where she goes to spend the
Winter with her son, Harold, organist and
choirmaster at Rutger's Presbyterian
Church.
Bettlnger Piano School, open to pupils
of all grades. Thorough instruction In
piano playing, harmony. Monthly re
citals. E. L. Bettinger, 301 West ParK.
Phone Main 3978.
Mr. and Mrs. Caro W. Jacobs, of San
Francisco, the latter formerly Miss
Judith Lowengardt, are In the city,
guests of Mrs. Jacobs' ' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. 8. Lowengardt.
Leonard Franklin Fuller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. I. Fuller, left last night
for Ithaca, N. Y., where he will attend
Cornell College. Leonard i a graduate
of the Portland Academy.
Miss Evangeline Breck leaves early tn
the week for the East. She will visit
relatives and school friends en route,
continuing her work with the violin in
New York City this Winter.
Cards were received yesterday from
"the Cramers," dated Turin, Italy, stat
ing that Mrs. Cramer and family, of this
city, are enjoying Italy and that after
visiting Rome, they purpose journeying
to Florence and Venice.
Mrs. M. Baum and family returned
home after occupying their Summer cot
tage, Klngsclere. at Seaview, Wash. Miss
Pauline Baum joined the family the lat
ter part of August, having Just returned
from a tour of the Orient.
Mile. Augusta Perlot, who has been
spending the Summer . in Europe, left
Havre, France, on the steamer La Savoie,
August 22. After visiting for a few days
with friends in New York City, she will
leave for her home In this city, reaching
here by September 10.
Mrs. J. N. Sutton and her son, Redondo
B. , leave Monday night for an extended
trip through the East. Mr. Sutton, who
is prominent among the athletes of this
city, a member of the M. A. A. C, and
popular in the young social set, Is to
enter West Point this FalL
Miss Bertha E. Wilton, of Seattle,, has
been the guest of Miss Grace Wlltori for
the past two weeks. She was enter
tained a few days at Seaside by Mrs. F.
C. Peters. Mies Wilton was also the guest
of honor at a musicale given In Port
land last Saturday afternoon.
William Mansell Wilder and wife have
returned from a most charming vacation
trip of five weeks, part of which was
spent at the White House, on Wlleon
River in the Coast Range of mountains,
and the last two weeks in visiting the
cities on Puget Sound. Mr. Wilder will
preside at the organ in Grace Church as
usual today.
Miss Esther Birrell, elder daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Birrell, cele
brated her 14th birthday at their
beautiful beach home at Gearhart last
Sunday. Kia-Ora, the name of the
house, means in the Hawaiian lan
guage "Good Wishes. The two sis
ters, Miss Esther and Miss Winifred,
are reading ana studying tor tneir
projected European trip. They ex
pect to graduate from the Chapman
schoq! in the early Spring. In the in
terval between their entrance to the
Portland Academy next September, Mr.
and Mrs. Birrell Intend taking them
for a tour of Europe, sailing from New
York to the Mediterranean.
COMING! events.
The Oregon Chapter, U. D. C, will
meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. George H. Stovall,
1007 East Fifteenth street North. Take
Alberta car. All members are urged to
attend this first meeting. All Southern
ladies Interested in the cause are cor
dially Invited to attend.
The Mizpah Social Club will hold its
next meeting September 10 at the home
of Mrs. Nora Armstrong, 627 East Ninth
street. All members are requested Q be
present at 2 o clock.
George Wright Ladies' Relief Corps,
No. 2, will give their first whist party
for the season September 18. Prizes to
be awarded.
Rlngler's dancing classes, Tues.,
Sat., open Sept. 8; gym Sept. II.
Miss Anna Flledner,
Phone Main 1856.
studio 188 N. 21st.
Convicts Elude Pursuers.
CHICAGO. Sept. 5. Efforts to catch
Clarence Wise and James Kaiser, the
two convicts who escaped Thursday from
tne Joliet penitentiary, had been unsuc
cessful up to a late hour last night.
The prison officials have tracked them
by their hobnail shoes to the cornfields
on the farm of Charles Doctor, four
miles south of Orland, in Cook County. .
A large torce or men nas Deen stationed
to watch the roads and railroads to
prevent the fugitives getting through the
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would you not think the man who paid
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"We have no reason for offering a
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Visit our store every piano marked in
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night and it is expected to find the men
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of our lines are complete. The stock con
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