Kauffmann began exhibiting in 1897, but did not open a studio until 1917. Like other Pictorialists, his work was dismissed as well-meaning, bur misguided during his life time
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Item published on the occasion of the exhibition Soft but True - John Kauffmann (1864-1942), Art photographer at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 22 June - 11 August 1996