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Carl Ofen (* 1853 in Darmstadt ; † 1909 ) was a German photographer.

Life

Carl Ofen was the son of the painter, photographer and musician Franz Bernhard Ludwig Ofen (1806–1881) and his wife Caroline Margarethe Luise Lindt (1815–1873).

Carl Ofen was trained as a photographer by his father. Together they opened the C. Ofen photographic studio in Riedeselstrasse 37 in Darmstadt in 1875 . The studio had existed under this name until around 1904. Since Carl Ofen was last listed in the address books of Darmstadt in 1887, photographers continued to run the C. Ofen studio as operators : 1887 August Schicktanz, 1888–1889 Gustav Brandseph, 1892–1893 Gustav Ofen, 1896–1898 Johann Stephan Schröder Kgl. Saxon. Court photographer, 1899–1900 Joseph Giesinger and Conrad Ruf and 1901–1904 Alfred Ruf and Conrad Ruf. At an unspecified point in time, Carl Ofen became a photographer at the Darmstadt court of Ludwig IV (Hessen-Darmstadt) .

An entry from May 20, 1891 in the register of the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich for painting by Karl Raupp is known . When he enrolled, he stated his age as 43 years, which would correspond to his year of birth 1848.

At the moment there is no further knowledge about the further path of life. He may have privatized and lived in Munich until his death.

The Royal Collection contains over one hundred photographs, mainly portraits of the royal family and their relatives.

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  • Address books of the city of Darmstadt

literature

  • Uwe Wasserthal & Friedrich Wilhelm Knieß, Photography in Darmstadt , Darmstadt, 2014, p. 80.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The “Stadtlexikon Darmstadt” online names a photographer Karl Ofen (1845–1926), online in the chapter “Photography in Darmstadt” .
  2. ↑ Schicketanz (different spelling) dies in 1888 (source: Photographische Korrespondenz , 1888, pp. 219–220)
  3. ↑ His brother Hermann Brandseph had already worked in the C. oven studio .
  4. ^ Last entry by Gustav Ofen in the Darmstadt address book in 1895.
  5. ↑ 1844–1907, died in Königsberg, (Source: Personalalien , in: Photographische Chronik , Volume 14, Wilhelm Knapp, 1907, p. 57.)
  6. ↑ This information results from research in the directory for streets (Riedeselstr. 37) in the address books of Darmstadt.
  7. ↑ Entry in the Munich address book from 1900: “Ofen, Karl Privatier, Schwanthalerstr. 86. "

Web links

Commons : Carl Oven  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Darmstadt address books  - sources and full texts


personal data
SURNAME Oven, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oven, Karl; Oven, c.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 1909
Place of death Darmstadt