Alois Locher
Alois Locher (born August 14, 1815 in Munich ; † July 15, 1862 there) was one of the early pioneers of photography in Bavaria and Germany.
Life
Locher studied pharmacy and chemistry at the Ludwig Maximilians University . Like Martin Härtinger , he became a member of the Corps Suevia Munich in 1837 . He remained connected to him throughout his life as a renonce philistine . He then worked in a pharmacy in his hometown. As early as 1839, Franz von Kobell and Carl August von Steinheil took daguerreotypes in Munich for the first time in Germany . Locher turned to the calotype very early on. From around 1845 he practiced photography professionally. His studio on the ground floor of Karlsplatz 14 was considered one of the first in the city. In addition to numerous portraits from that time, his photos of the casting and assembly of the Bavaria statue have been preserved. Moritz Eduard Lotze, Franz Hanfstaengl and Joseph Albert were among his students . He was less than 47 years old.
literature
- Franz Menges : Locher, Alois. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 25 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ulrich Pohlmann (ed.): Alois Locher. Photographs 1845–1855 , Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 1998. ISBN 3-88814-915-0
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Locher, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1862 |
| Place of death | Munich |