Circa 1900: From the Genteel Tradition to the Jazz Age
An Upstate New York Museum Consortium Exhibition
May 5 - August 19, 2001

Since 1974, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and five sister institutions in upstate New York have collaborated on organizing major exhibitions that highlight different aspects of their collections. Continuing this tradition, Circa 1900 celebrated the beginning of a new century and the centennial of the Pan-American Exposition by honoring the momentous changes taking place at the advent of the last century. The exhibition included paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics, glass, and furniture from the period of 1880 through 1920 that reflect the historical context, artistic developments, and manifestations of social and cultural changes at that time.

This exhibition was organized by Project Curator Helen Raye. The catalogue of 144 pages, with fifty color plates, was written by Raye with a contribution by Assistant Curator Claire Schneider.