Eugen Wolf (photographer)

Eugen Wolf (born January 27, 1865 in Konstanz ; † June 14, 1939 there ) was a German photographer .

He was the son of the Constance photographer German Wolf and Pauline Herter. After he had pushed his stepbrother Alfred Wolf out of the business with the help of his mother, he continued to run the business and the German-Wolf-Kunstverlag.

In 1893 he received permission from Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden to continue to use his father's court photographer title; in contrast to his father and brother Alfred, he was never awarded this title. He died unmarried and without descendants in 1939 in a retirement home in Constance.

His focus was on architectural photography and he systematically documented the buildings of the city of Konstanz.

His photographs, which documented the construction of the Bodensee-Toggenburg railway and the Chur-Arosa railway , are also known. They show the complete construction process from scaffolding to completion. It can be assumed that the commissioned work was carried out by the authorities, as it was associated with a high expenditure of time and technology.

Another focus of his work was his repro recordings of the Konstanz art collections, which are still a valuable documentary treasure of the Konstanz city archive today, since many of these collections are no longer located in Konstanz.

After the death of his brother Alfred, Eugen Wolf took over his equipment and pictures. He integrated the images into his own photographic inventory. Only the images clearly provided with a signature by Alfred Wolf can be assigned to this, as the styles of the two did not differ significantly.

Eugen Wolfs left his photos to the city of Konstanz, which they keep in the city archive. The estate consists of 8430 negative glass plates and many prints thereof.

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• Lecture by Norbert Fromm M. A., City Archives Konstanz, within the framework of the exhibition “ Konstanz in Photographs from the 19th Century to Today ” on May 14, 2008.