Fritz Luckhardt
Fritz Luckhardt (born March 17, 1843 in Kassel , † November 29, 1894 in Vienna ) was an Austrian photographer of German origin.
biography
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Fritz Luckhardt first attended the Polytechnic in Kassel and then worked in a soap factory in Hanover and in a perfume factory in Paris, and later came to René Dagron's studio .
After moving to Vienna in 1865, he first worked as a foreign language correspondent in Oscar Kramer's studio before opening his own studio in 1867. Luckhardt became famous for the stereo pictures he made with portraits of beautiful women between 1868 and 1872 . In 1867 he acquired knowledge of collotype printing from Ludwig Angerer .
In the following years Luckhardt specialized in portrait photography of celebrities, especially artists. From 1871 to 1887 he was secretary of the Photographic Society . After his death the studio was taken over by his widow, Franziska ("Fanny") Luckhardt, née. Uchatius, continued.
Lectures
- About the retouching of the negative , on October 12, 1889 in front of the Amateur Photographers Club in Vienna.
Awards
- 1870: Awarded the title of imperial court purveyor .
- 1873: Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order .
- 1883: Awarded the title of professor by the Duke of Sachsen-Meiningen
- 1886: Honorary membership of the Photographic Society
- 1888: Maria Theresa Medal in Vermeille
literature
- Timm Starl: Lexicon on Photography in Austria 1839 to 1945 . Albumverlag , Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85164-150-7 , p. 300f.
- Durstmüller: Luckhardt Fritz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 343.
- Maren Groening: Luckhardt, Fritz (1843-1894). Austrian photographer, technical writer (in English). In: John Hannavy (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Taylor and Francis Group, New York 2008, ISBN 0-41597-235-3 , pp. 874 , etc .; online through google books
- Kaiserl. Rat, Prof. Fritz Luckhardt (Nekrolog), in: Süddeutsche Photographen-Zeitung , Volume I (April 1894 - March 1895), Munich, pp. 304–305.
- L. [udwig] Cabinet: Memory of Fritz Luckhardt , in: Camera Club in Vienna (Ed.): Wiener Photographische Blätter , Volume II (1895), pp. 21-23 u. 47–48, (presumably the same text in Photographische Korrespondenz , 1895, pp. 59 ff., Additional obituary notice mentioning the medals and orders of merit).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Illustration in Photographische Korrespondenz , 7th year, 1870, p. Opposite p. 234.
- ^ Charles Scolik (ed.): Photographische Rundschau 3, Wilhelm Knapp, Halle / S., 1890, pp. 377–386.
- ↑ Dr. Hermann Vogel ( ed .): Photographische Mitteilungen , 7th year, Robert Oppenheim, Berlin, 1817, p. 288.
- ↑ Dr. Hermann Vogel (Ed.): Photographische Mitteilungen , 10th year, 9th issue, Robert Oppenheim, Berlin, 1974, Personalnachrichten, p. 240.
- ^ Charles Scolik (ed.): Photographische Rundschau 3, Wilhelm Knapp, Halle / S., 1890, pp. 14-15.
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Luckhardt, Fritz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1894 |
Place of death | Vienna |