Emil Bieber
August Emil Julius Berlin-Bieber (born January 8, 1878 in Hamburg ; † April 29, 1962 in Cape Town ) was a German photographer with a studio in Hamburg.
Life
Emil Berlin-Bieber was born in Hamburg in 1878 as the son of the photographer Leonard Berlin . In 1892 he moved to Berlin with his parents. In 1897 he began training as a photographer. During his apprenticeship he worked in Budapest and London with friends of his father. From 1902 he was co-owner of the photographic studio E. Bieber in Berlin and Hamburg together with his father. From 1903 the Berlin address book recorded the son Emil Berlin [Bieber] as a co-owner. Since he was also listed under his name in the address book, Emil Berlin had probably lived in Berlin for a year due to the co-ownership, because 1904 was noted after the name Emil Berlin “(Hamburg)”. After 1910 he was the sole owner of the E. Bieber studio in Hamburg.
During the time of National Socialism , working and living conditions deteriorated for Jews like him. He and his family left the German Reich in 1938 . After a short stay in England, he moved to South Africa . He did not achieve a similar success as in Hamburg. Emil Berlin-Bieber died on April 29, 1962 in Cape Town.
E. Bieber's photographic studio
In Hamburg
Under the leadership of Emil Berlin-Bieber, the E. Bieber photographic studio became one of the most important portraits in Germany. Numerous recordings of personalities such as Albert Ballin , Carl Hagenbeck and Wilhelm II and lesser-known people such as Carl Zarniko , Franziska Ellmenreich and Friedrich Bolte were signed with a blind stamp .
After Emil Berlin-Bieber became co-owner of the studio, he moved the studio in 1904 to (Alten) Jungfernstieg 8/9 at the corner of Neuer Wall . Together with the Hamburg photographer Rudolf Dührkoop , he was also one of the first to take portraits outside the studio.
"" Until 1933 I ran the company in Jungfernstieg 8 with an average of 18-20 employees and annual sales of around and over RM 100.00. The annual profits amounted to around RM 20,000 to 25,000. The special importance of my studio lay in the following: In addition to the photographic portrait workshops, I also ran a large painting studio in which an average of 3 academic portrait painters were employed. I also had a permanent agreement with the leading Hamburg press, which I supplied with portraits of outstanding personalities from politics, art and science. ""
When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the agonizing decline of E. Bieber's photographic studio began .
The 35,000 records in the studio reached Axel-Springer-Verlag almost completely and undamaged after the war . This organized collection of great historical value was distributed to interested parties at the beginning of 1958 with the consent of Emil Berlin-Bieber as part of a reader campaign by the Hamburger Abendblatt and thus irretrievably destroyed as a collection.
Court photographer
On the occasion of his marriage, Crown Prince Wilhelm awarded him the title purveyor to the court in 1905 .
Medals
- Silver medal of merit with swords of the Saxon Ernestine House Order , awarded by Gotha on January 12, 1906.
Hedwig Bieber, photographic studio
Between 1920 and 1965 there was another photo studio called Bieber in Hamburg. It belonged to the portrait photographer Hedwig Bieber (1887–1976). Family members used to be bell founders in Hamburg.
literature
- Wilfried Weinke: Ousted, driven out, but not forgotten . The photographers Emil Bieber, Max Halberstadt , Erich Kastan , Kurt Schallenberg . Weingarten 2003, ISBN 3-8170-2546-7 .
- Fritz Kempe : In front of the camera . On the history of photography in Hamburg. Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1976.
- Kirsten Heinsohn : Bieber, Emil. In: The Jewish Hamburg. A historical reference work. Wallenstein, Göttingen 2006, p. 36. Google Books
- Matthias Schmoock: Bieber, Emil . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 3 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-8353-0081-4 , p. 43-44 .
Copyrights
The Hamburg photographer Klaus Niermann acquired the exploitation and copyrights to Emil Bieber's estate from his son in 2004 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilfried Weinke, p. 45.
- ↑ Illustration of a complete page of the Berlin Feuilleton Correspondence No. 51 from January 20, 1909 with the names of the ruling princes, princes, aristocrats, mayors, senators, ministers, diplomats, scholars, doctors, etc. photographed to date, in Wilfried Weinke, P. 69.
- ↑ "Mr. E. Bieber, royal court photographer, has opened a second studio here at Alter Jungfernstieg 8–9." Quote: Miscellaneous . In: Der Photograph , 13th year, no. 21, Hannover-Kirchrode 1903, p. 82.
- ↑ Wilfried Weinke, p. 42.
- ↑ Rudolf Weschinsky: " Please smile majesty " in the Hamburger Abendblatt , No. 21 of January 25, 1958, p. 11 (see box: A present for many Hamburgers ). Further articles in the series: “ He didn't want masks ”, No. 25 of January 30, 1958, p. 9. - “ For the first time lightning flames ”, No. 29 of February 4, 1958, p. 9. - “ And suddenly the past stands up ”, No. 39 of February 15, 1958, p. 5.
- ↑ Photographische Korrespondenz , Vol. 42, Vienna a. Leipzig, 1905, p. 340
- ^ Archive portal Thuringia
- ↑ The photographer Klaus Niermann writes on his website studioniermann.de (Emil Bieber): “ A significant part of the photos, plates and an extensive chronicle have been in the possession of Klaus Niermann since 1982. "
Web links
- Literature by and about Emil Bieber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical private website of the Else Lasker-Schüler-Stiftung Burned and exiled poets / artists - for a center of the persecuted arts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bieber, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berlin-Bieber, August Emil Julius; Bieber, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer with a studio in Hamburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1962 |
| Place of death | Cape Town |