First photographic exhibition in Vienna
The First Photographic Exhibition in Vienna was the first specialist exhibition in the German-speaking area. It took place from May 17 to June 30, 1864 in Vienna .
Facts
The “ Photographic Society ”, founded in 1861, was one of its first agendas to organize a “Photographic Exhibition”. In the search for suitable premises, association member Anton Widter used his contacts to the heirs of the important Austrian brewery owner Anton Dreher . These provided one floor of the Dreher'schen Palais in Operngasse 8 near the construction site of the Vienna State Opera.
The exhibition opened on May 17, 1864. Only around 150 members of the “Photographic Society” and representatives of the Viennese daily newspapers were invited. A prominent guest was the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I who came to visit on May 24, 1864. Around 110 exhibitors took part with around 1,100 photographs as well as around 400 products from the photographic trade, such as lenses, chemical preparations, bookbinding and frame dealers' items as well as studio accessories. The portraits shown were mainly of prominent personalities, such as Ludwig A. Frankl , “Miss. Schwöder, member of the Carltheater ”, Anastasius Grün , Carl Rokitansky , Emerich Ranzoni, Christine Hebbel with daughter and the kk court actress Julie Rettich .
In addition, a catalog with the title First Photographic Exhibition in Vienna, organized by the Photographic Society in the Dreher'schen Building, Operngasse 8, was published in May and June 1864, Vienna, self-published by the Photographische Gesellschaft. This shows a floor plan of the floor, which contained 20 rooms. The extent of the listed exhibits in the catalog allows the conclusion that the walls were fully hung from the floor to the ceiling and the exhibits piled up in the rooms. This generally corresponds to the exhibition style of the 19th century. However, rooms were undoubtedly also used in the living space where not much light could penetrate. The organization of this exhibition must have made such a cautious impression. Especially since at this point in time large, light-flooded halls were assigned great importance as exhibition areas for the success of the exhibition.
This Viennese event did not get any noteworthy response in the press. The “Photographic Society” counted around 10,000 visitors at the end of the exhibition. In comparison, the show of the Berlin “Photographische Verein” in 1865 registered 13,000 visitors within just four weeks.
literature
- Foreign correspondence . Ludwig Cabinet : The photographic exhibition in Vienna . In: Paul E. Liesegang (ed.): Photographisches Archiv , 5th year, Theobald Grieben, Berlin, 1864, pp. 289–293
- Ludwig Cabinet: Report on the first photographic exhibition in Vienna . In Photographische Correspondenz , 1. Jg., Carl Gerold, Vienna 1864, pp. 3–14 (I.), 27–34 (continuation), 55–62 (continuation) and 88–95 (conclusion).
Web links
- Contribution by the Albertina (PDF file; 1.16 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The unsuccessful Vienna photo exhibition ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed on Vienna Web on March 3, 2009
- ↑ a b c Contribution from the Albertina ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1.16 MB)
- ↑ Exhibition catalog, digitized version
