Felix Benedict Herzog

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Felix Benedict Herzog (born December 27, 1859 in New York City , † April 21, 1912 ) was an American engineer, inventor, patent attorney, entrepreneur, painter and photographer of pictorialism .

Life and professional activity

"Angela" (1905)

Felix Benedict Herzog was born in New York to the married couple Philip and Henrietta Herzog. He studied at Columbia University and worked as an electrical engineer and patent attorney since 1882. Herzog was President of the Herzog Telephone Company. Among other things, his inventions dealt with telephone and signaling technology, for example for elevator systems. He was a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and published on electrical engineering topics.

In addition to his technical and entrepreneurial activities, he also ran a painting studio in New York. Herzog had received artistic training as a student of Frederick Rondel and the Art Students League of New York .

photography

"The Tale of Isolde" (1905)

Several photographs by Herzog were published in the October 1905 and January 1907 issues of Camera Work , including the picture on the right with the title “Angela”.

Herzog was known for his depiction of larger groups of people, which was unusual up until then in Pictorialism, and for the careful composition that went down to details such as the laying of the folds of the clothing. It was fundamentally important to him to depict human problem situations and emotions with his photographs. In his photographs he resorted to various styles of painting, such as the style of Thomas Gainsborough or the Pre-Raphaelite .

Herzog was a member of the National Arts Club and the New York Camera Club.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American Institute of Electrical Engineers: Proceedings of the Institute of American Electrical Engineers , Volume 32, 1913, p. 110
  2. ↑ American Federation of Arts: American art annual, Volume 10 . MacMillan Co., 1913, p. 77
  3. ^ Science October 1901, p. 602, accessed as a pdf from www.sciencemag.org
  4. ^ The International Who's is Who, Who's who in the world 1912 . The International Who's Who Publishing Company (1911), 595
  5. ^ The International Who's is Who, Who's who in the world 1912 . The International Who's Who Publishing Company (1911), 595
  6. ^ Website image index of art and architecture via FB Herzog
  7. ↑ Worldcat website via FB Herzog
  8. ↑ American Federation of Arts: American art annual, Volume 10 . MacMillan Co., 1913, p. 77
  9. ^ Marianne Fulton-Margolis: Alfred Stieglitz. Camera work. A pictorial guide. With Reproductions of all 559 Illustrations & Plates. Fully indexed . Dover Publications, New York 1978, ISBN 0-486-23591-2 , p. 143
  10. ↑ Sadakichi Hartmann (author), Harry W. Lawton, George Knox (eds.): The Valiant Knights of Daguerre: Selected Critical Essays on Photography and Profiles of Photographic Pioneers. University of California Press, Berkeley. 1978, pp. 288 ff.
  11. ↑ American Federation of Arts: American art annual, Volume 10 . MacMillan Co., 1913, p. 77
personal data
SURNAME Duke, Felix Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer and engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1912
Place of death New York City