Carl Helvig

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Carl Ludwig Nikolaus Helvig , known as Carl Helvig or Carl Helwig (* 1830 in Tübingen , † 1905 in Stuttgart ) was a German draftsman , lithographer , painter and photographer in Tübingen and Stuttgart. He was the son of the draftsman and lithographer Ludwig August Helvig .

Carl Helvig & Rudolf Pfähler: father with sons and dog

Life

Carl Helvig, born and raised in Tübingen, learned drawing and lithography from his father. At the age of fifteen, in 1845, he went to Stuttgart, where he continued learning and then worked as a lithographer. He also made portrait drawings. From 1855 he also worked as a photographer in Stuttgart. It is not known from whom he acquired this knowledge. He then moved his activity to Tübingen. In 1860 he was registered as a painter and photographer in Tübingen. The order situation was not good. In 1860 Helvig applied to the Tübingen municipal council to be allowed to marry Amalie Straub, daughter of the estate manager in Stuttgart. In this application he had an annual income for several years in the rather modest amount of 450 guildersto. During the same year, 1860, he worked temporarily with Rudolf Pfähler in a joint photo studio in Stuttgart . But then he returned to Tübingen. In 1864 he decided to work together again, this time with his brother-in-law, the Stuttgart bookbinder Paul Karl August Straub. The studio was opened on April 1, 1864, but was unsuccessful, so the partners decided to stop working in Tübingen by the end of May 1864 and relocate to Stuttgart. The Atelier Helvig & Straub was operated in Stuttgart at Eberhardstrasse 59 until 1865 . After separating from Paul Straub, Helvig continued to work independently as a photographer until 1882. In 1882 he founded a lithographic institute, which existed beyond 1900.

No signed photos by Helvig could be found in Tübingen. A picture that has survived comes from the time we worked with Rudolf Pfähler:

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Christina Melk: Tübingen Views and Painters in the 19th Century , Tübingen 1986 (= Tübingen Catalogs No. 27), p. 44, or Joachim W. Siener: Die Photographie and Stuttgart , p. 100
  2. ↑ Joachim W. Siener: Die Photographie and Stuttgart , p. 100 refers to the address book of the city of Stuttgart 1855
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 24 with reference to the local council minutes from 1860, § 477 and 518 (Tübingen City Archives, stock A75)
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 29
  5. ↑ Joachim W. Siener: Die Photographie and Stuttgart , p. 100, or Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 24 and 99 with reference to corresponding advertisements in the "Tübinger Chronik" from April 12th and 8th. May 1864.
  6. ↑ Joachim W. Siener: Die Photographie and Stuttgart , p. 100
  7. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 24

literature

  • Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia. Art, country and people in photos by the first Tübingen photographers and the photographer Paul Sinner (1838–1925) , Metz brothers: Tübingen 1989, ISBN 3-921580-79-X
  • Joachim W. Siener: The photography and Stuttgart 1839-1900. From the masked sleigh ride to the court photographer , Cantz edition: Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-89322-150-6
personal data
SURNAME Helvig, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Helvig, Carl Ludwig Nikolaus; Helwig, Carl; Helwig, Carl Ludwig Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, lithographer, painter and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH 1905
Place of death Stuttgart