Anton Goldmann
Anton Goldmann (born April 5, 1830 in Joslowitz / Moravia or Imbach , † May 30, 1904 in Imbach ) was an Austrian industrialist and pioneer of camera construction .
Life
Anton Goldmann was born on June 5, 1830 in Markt Joslowitz in house 69. His father Mathias Goldmann was a stately court usher at the office in Joslowitz.
Already in his childhood he was allowed to help in the carpenter's workshop of his godfather Mathias Czermak and tried to make models himself. When the photograph by Louis Daguerre was announced on August 15, 1839 at the ceremony of the Academy of Sciences in Paris, the Znaymer District Gazette reported about it. Nine-year-old Anton Goldmann is so fascinated by the idea of a wooden device that can be used to reproduce a picture that he himself makes a simple pinhole camera in the workshop of his godfather.
Anton Goldmann moved to Vienna in 1854 and initially worked as a cabinet maker in District IV , at Theresianumgasse 31 (at that time Wieden No. 264).
In 1857 he went on a study trip to Paris and London with Ludwig Angerer , who lived in the same house as the "Apostolic Nunciature" . On his return Goldmann built his first camera with which Angerer equipped his studio in 1858. It was also Angerer who persuaded Goldman to dedicate himself exclusively to the manufacture of photographic equipment in the future.
Goldmann opened his workshop on July 1, 1858 and moved to the nearby Theresianumgasse 26 in 1860 due to lack of space. On September 27, 1858, he married Anna Winkler from Thaya, Lower Austria, of the same age. In 1860 Goldmann built a cabinet camera. It consisted of two light-tight boxes that could be slid into one another (similar to the Daguerre sliding box camera), with the focus setting being fixed by a brake screw on the so-called slide. In 1861 he went on another study trip to Paris with Angerer to get to know the latest developments. In 1864 he improved the focus on wooden cameras with the introduction of a spindle drive. The Goldmann cameras were used in the Austro-Hungarian Empire for recording in the Austro-Hungarian imperial family. In 1873 Goldmann had the idea of producing a collapsible travel tent for preparing and developing the wet collodion plates.
Anton Goldmann received his first awards in the field of camera construction in 1870. He received the highest award in 1873 on the occasion of the world exhibition in Vienna. Emperor Franz-Josef I personally awarded him the "Franz Josefs Order". Further awards followed from the "Photographische Gesellschaft zu Wien".
With his workshop he grew into one of the most famous manufacturers of photographic equipment in which his son Rudolf Anton Goldmann worked since 1878 and also completed his apprenticeship there. The son then took over the business, "Goldmann & Sohn", on July 1, 1891 for 20,000 guilders.
Anton Goldmann himself withdrew to Imbach in the Kremstal, where he died on May 31, 1904 at the age of 74.
Today the company is continued in the fifth generation by Daniel Goldmann.
Web links
- Goldmann Photohistory
- Company history of the Herlango company
- Albertina Collection Online : biographical summary: Goldmann, Anton
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate at data.matricula-online.eu
- ^ Rudolf Anton Goldmann
- ^ Anton Goldmann, biographical summary, Albertina Collection Online, as of June 7, 2011
- ↑ Herlango company history, website Herlango.at, as of October 18, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldmann, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian industrialist and pioneer of camera construction |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Joslowitz / Moravia or Imbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1904 |
| Place of death | Imbach |