Franz Benque

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Franz Benque in 1883

Friedrich Franz Heinrich Benque (born March 12, 1841 in Ludwigslust , † March 30, 1921 in Villach ) was a photographer .

Life

Franz Benque grew up in Ludwigslust , where his father Christian Benque was a teacher at the Mecklenburg deaf-mute institution for a few years. Franz Benque learned "simple photo technology" from the decorative painter and photographer Carl Cuno Hersen (* 1818) in Güstrow , who also came from Ludwigslust .

Photographic studios

Benque & Sebastianutti
Benque went to Trieste in 1864 to open a studio with the watchmaker G. Sebastianutti (1824–1881). Since Franz Benque had married the stepdaughter of his partner Sebastianutti in the meantime, family tensions had probably developed.

Benque & Kindermann In
1869, Franz Benque dissolved the partnership with Sebastianutti in Trieste and went to Hamburg. It is not known why he had his father Christian Benque, who had received a call to the deaf-mute institution in Lübeck in 1856,negotiatea contract with the Lübeck photographer Conrad Kindermann for the Benque & Kindermann atelierin Hamburg. Nor is it known how he got to know Conrad Kindermann. It is possible that they had previously met as participants at external exhibitions. A year later, however, Benque left the joint business in Große Bleichen 30.

Henschel & Benque
Benque went to Brazil in 1871 and founded a partnership with Albert Henschel (1827–1882), who came from a family of recognized engravers and had immigrated from Berlin a few years earlier. The studio was in Rio de Janeiro . In 1874 the studio received the title "Imperial Court Photographer" from Pedro II.

Sebastianutti & Benque In
1878 he returned to Trieste and renewed the partnership with Sebastianutti.

Numerous recordings have been preserved.

Same name, different photographers
From 1886 to 1889 there wasa Benque studio in Hamburg's Neuer Wall . It was run by Franz Wilhelm Benque (1857–1912), whose father Wilhelm Benque was a well-known garden architect and uncle of Franz Benque. He died in 1912 under unknown circumstances.

Under the name “Benque & Cie”, there was a photographic studio in Paris from 1879 to 1907 at 33 rue Boissy-d'Anglas. Wilhelm Benque (1843–1903) worked here until 1899. He had founded the studio with Charles-Louis Klary in 1879. He was a younger brother of Franz and previously worked as a civil engineer in Hamburg.

In the directory of persons in the Hamburg address books from 1870, 1871 and 1872 a “C. Benque “as the owner (?) Of a chem. Laborat [oriums] and drugstore warehouse. It is unknown who it is.

Works

  • Franz Benque: Franz Benque's method in Trieste with its latest improvements. In: Photographische Correspondenz , 5th Vol., Vienna 1868, pp. 49–50, pp. 71–73 (cont.) And pp. 85–89.
  • Ludwig cabinet : lighting screen after F. Benque . In: Photographische Correspondenz , 26th vol., Vienna, 1889, pp. 4–5

Awards

  • Prize medal for portraits and photo sculptures on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Berlin Photographic Association in May 1865.
  • Silver medal for enlargements at the Hamburg exhibition [for photography] in November 1868.
  • Silver medal for portraits at the exhibition for photography, nature and color printing in Groningen / NL 1869.
  • Honorary diploma at the exhibition in Trieste 1882

Memberships

literature

  • Armgard Schiffer-Ekhart: Sebastianutti & Benque. Five photographers. Four generations. Three continents. [Text by Barbara Schaukal]. Exhibition catalog, Graz, Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, October 16 - November 13, 1997.
  • Pedro Karp Vasquez: Fotografós Alemầes no Brasil do Século XIX, German photographers of the 19th century in Brazil . Metalivros, published 2000, p. 203
  • Sandra Schwede: "With light and trickery". The early days of photography in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1839-1880) . Tectum Verlag, Marburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-8288-9133-3 [Zugl .: University of Greifswald, Diss. 2006].
  • Hermann Vogel (Ed.): Photographische Mitteilungen , 5th Jg., Louis Gerschel Verlagbuchhandlung, Berlin, 1869 and other editions.
  • Ludwig cabinet (ed.): Photographische Correspondenz , 3rd vol., Carl Gerold's son, Vienna, 1866 and other editions.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Guillermo = Guglielmo = Wilhelm
  2. ↑ Since there are occasional photographs with the “Fotografia Benque” lapel, Benque may initially have taken photos alone.
  3. ↑ There are occasional claims that Conrad Kindermann was related to Franz Benque (Source: Armgard Schiffer-Ekhart: Sebastianutti & Benque. ... p. 157) There is no evidence to date.
  4. ↑ Margrit Prussat: Alberto Henschel and early portrait photography in Brazil .
  5. ↑ MM Benque et Cie. in the Rue Boissy d'Anglas . In: H. Baden Pritchard: The Photographic Studios of Europe , London: Piper & Carter, 1882, pp. 211-214, ( digitized version http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dphotographicstu00pritgoog~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn217~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D), (English).
  6. ↑ ARMGARD Schiffer-Ekhart: Sebastianutti & Benque. , P. 153
  7. ^ Morgan Claudia: Benque, Wilhelm e C. <fl. 1870-1882>. In: Archivio Generale, Civici Musei di Storia ed Arte, Civico Museo Teatrale, Civici Musei Scientifici. Comune di Trieste, June 14, 2011, accessed September 2, 2017 (Italian).
  8. ↑ Photographische Korrespondenz , 1865, p. 219, ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dphotographische02wiengoog~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn244~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ). Here Benque is given with the place name "Trieste".
  9. ↑ Photographische Mitteilungen , Vol. 5, 1869, pp. 239ff., ( Digitized version http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dbub_gb_ZAdQAAAAYAAJ~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn257~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D).
  10. ↑ Photographische Mitteilungen , 6th Jg., 1870, p. 131. Here Benque is given with the place name “Triest”.
  11. ↑ Photographic correspondence : 19th year, 1882, p. 264
  12. ↑ Photographische Correspondenz , 3rd volume, 1866, p. 45.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Benque, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benque, Friedrich Franz Heinrich (full name); Benque, Francisco; Benque, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1921
Place of death Villach