Edward Hartwig

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Edward Hartwig (born September 6, 1909 in Moscow , † October 28, 2003 in Warsaw , Poland ) is one of the most important Central European and Polish photographers of the 20th century.

Life

Edward Hartwig, who was born in Moscow in 1909, grew up in Lublin and studied photography with Rudolf Koppitz in Vienna . He worked mainly in Warsaw and had close contacts with artists such as Tadeusz Kantor and Henryk Berlewi . The album "Fotografika" was published in different languages ​​and brought him international recognition. A large number of exhibitions in Europe and overseas followed. Hartwig is a founding member of the Polish Art Photographers Association (ZPAF). Edward Hartwig's estate is exclusively owned by Gaiser & Cie. represented in Frankfurt am Main.

Exhibitions

  • Edward Hartwig - Poetic Rebel from September 27, 2012 to February 28, 2013 in the Stadtgalerie Neu-Isenburg
  • Exhibition book: Edward Hartwig- Poetic Rebel. available from December 14, 2011
  • Edward Hartwig - "Henryk Berlewi Models" at Schindowski Heller - Moonblinx Gallery - until September 14, 2011
  • Edward Hartwig - a retrospective in Munich Moonblinx Gallery and Gaiser & Cie. visiting the Polish Cultural Center from March 3rd to April 6th 2011
  • Great photographers of the 20th century - Edward Hartwig (1909–2003) retrospective of the Polish master photographer in the Camera and Photo Museum Leipzig from February 27, 2010 to May 30, 2010
  • Edward Hartwig "Entry prohibited" Moonblinx Gallery guest at the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf from November 24th, 2009 to February 19th, 2010
  • Edward Hartwig "Entry forbidden" in the Moonblinx Gallery, Frankfurt, at Mainzer Landstrasse 65-67 in Frankfurt am Main from September 5, 2009 to October 10, 2009
  • Edward Hartwig "Entry forbidden" Moonblinx Gallery as a guest at the Poland Museum in Rapperswil from July 4, 2009 to August 30, 2009
  • "Photo Festival Houston" (1988)
  • "10 Great Art Photographers of FIAP" (Padua, 1979)
  • "10 Photographers of the World" Neustadt Galerie (Vienna, 1971)
  • Photokina (Cologne, 1969)
  • International Photography Exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery (Canada, 1955)

literature

Sebastian Gaiser, Ashley Givens, Anna Nowak, Karoline von Roques (eds.): Edward Hartwig Poetic Rebel with texts by Ashley Givens, interview with Krystyna Janda , Frankfurt am Main, 2010. (German, English, Polish), ISBN 978-3 -941614-06-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Camera and Photo Museum Leipzig: Great Photographers of the 20th Century 2010.

Web links

Commons : Edward Hartwig  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Hartwig, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish photographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2003
Place of death Warsaw