Georg Brokesch
Georg Conrad Adolph Brokesch (born November 24, 1849 in Hanover , † January 29, 1896 in Heidelberg ) was a German photographer of the 19th century.
Life
Little is known about the life of Georg Brokesch.
The name Georg Brokesch can be found for the first time in the Leipzig address book from 1871. The address given was identical to that of the studio of photographer Wilhelm Höffert . From 1872 to 1875 G. Brokesch indicated W. Höffert as managing director of the photographic studio . When Höffert moved his premises to the Polich department store in 1876, Brokesch moved into his own studio on the ground floor at Zeitzer Straße 19c . In 1881 the address was then Zeitzer Straße 48 , the numbering of which was changed to Zeitzer Straße 2 in 1885 .
From 1892 the photographer C. Lud. Ferd. Wunder from Hanover with the address of the Georg Brokesch studio. In the same year the atelier is registered for the first time in the trade department . From 1905 there is the note: Karl Wunder (Hanover) owner . About the form of cooperation is z. Nothing known at the moment. From 1914, Wilhelm Weiß reports Georg Brokesch as the owner of the studio.
Before October 1, 1896, the photographer Paul Spalke (1858–1915) was temporarily managing director of the photographic studio.
Georg Brokesch portrayed numerous musicians, including Edvard Grieg , Adolph Brodsky , Adolf Ruthardt and others. v. a.
For a few years from 1885 onwards, A. [nton] Brokesch can be found in the address book, who lived in Leipzig on Körnerstraße and stated that his profession was a photographer.
Awards / honors
- Honorary award on the occasion of the Leipzig arts and crafts exhibition (opening on May 15, 1879), (not verified).
- Dresden 1879, (not verified).
- Honorary award for excellent work in photography, Deutscher Photographen Verein , 1880, (Nuremberg?) (Not verified).
- Hamburg 1881, (not verified).
- Médailles d'argent (silver medal) of the Association Belge de Photographie on the occasion of the 2nd Exposition Internationale de Photographie , open from August 15, 1883, in the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
- Braunschweig 1886, (not verified).
- Medal of the Photographic Society of Great Britain , London, exhibition October 4 to November 13, 1886, Pall Mall East.
- Second class gold medal at the international photographic exhibition in Florence in 1887.
- Honorary Prize of the Amateur Photographers Club , Vienna, 1890, (not verified).
- Geneva 1893, (not verified).
Participation in exhibitions
- International exhibition of artistic photographs in Vienna in 1891. Brokesch presented the large-format genre picture The Bible Study there .
membership
- Admission in June 1882 to the Photographische Gesellschaft in Vienna .
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- Address books from Leipzig.
- Marktkirche (Hanover): Church book . To baptize. No. 229/1850.
- Aegidienkirche (Hanover): church book . Marry. No. 6/1875.
literature
- Small messages , in: Photographische Correspondenz , 33 Jg., 1896, p. 142
Web links
- Images from photographs by Brokesch:
- in the photo library of the object database of the City History Museum Leipzig , (search term: Brokesch), accessed March 30, 2017.
- ( Digitized version ) in the Manskopf portrait collection of the University Library of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt / M. , accessed March 30, 2017.
- in the archive portal (search term: Brokesch) of the Hessian State Archives Darmstadt , u. a. of Carl Thiersch's children accessed March 30, 2017.
- in the collection in the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, musicians (Traugott Gentzsch, Friedrich Gumpert , Adolph Pütter, Carl Reinecke , Gustav Hinke ) at the Beethoven celebration in Bonn 1890, accessed March 30, 2017.
- German geographers in the collection of the Société de Géographie , Paris, digitized version , accessed March 30, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marktkirche (Hanover) : Church book . To baptize. No. 229/1850.
- ^ Aegidienkirche (Hanover) : Church book . Marry. No. 6/1875.
- ↑ Kleine Mitteilungen , in: Photographische Correspondenz , 33 Jg., 1896, p. 142
- ^ Authority data entry (GND 13799804X ) of the German National Library . Query date: December 22, 2016.
- ↑ The first names will be typographical errors.
- ↑ II. Department of Commerce, p. 247.
- ↑ Deutsche Photographen-Zeitung . 20th year, Weimar, 1896
- ↑ Note on the sale of a cabinet card at Christie's online auction house , accessed March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Manskopf portrait collection (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt / M.).
- ^ The Brodsky String Quartet (Adolph Brodsky, Ottakar Novacek, Hans Sitt and Julius Klengel ), 580 × 470 mm, Royal Northern College of Music , Great Britain, Reference: AB / 3/11
- ↑ (only in) 1891 A. Brokesch can be found at Elisenstrasse; With the same name there was a photographic studio in Regensburg from 1896–1900, succeeding Peter Schindler (court photographer), (Sources: Heinz Gebhardt: Königlich Bayerische Photgraphie 1838–1918 , Laterna Magica, Munich, 1978, p. 348 and the printed lapel a photograph.)
- ↑ Revers of a photograph, digitized .
- ↑ Bulletin de l'Association belge de photographie . ... (10) 1883, pp. 405, 504, digitized
- ↑ G. Brokesch listed with 7 photos (behind no. 232. Note: Medal), Exhibition Catalog 1886 , p. 6, digitized
- ↑ Photographische Correspondenz , Vol. 24, 1887, p. 388
- ↑ Founded in 1889, renamed Camera Club in 1893.
- ^ Charles Scolik : Photographische Rundschau , 5th Jg., Verlag Wilhelm Knapp, Halle / S., 1891, p. 328, ( online )
- ↑ Photographische Correspondenz , 19th vol., 1882, p. 161
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brokesch, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brokesch, Georg Conrad Adolph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1896 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |