Giorgio summer

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Giorgio Sommer (born September 2, 1834 in Frankfurt am Main , † August 7, 1914 in Naples ) was a German photographer who mainly worked in Italy . He was also successful as a producer of replicas of ancient works of art.

Life

The summer from Frankfurt am Main completed a commercial apprenticeship before switching to photography .

In 1856/57 he went to Rome , a year later to Naples , where he opened his own photo studio in 1857. Giorgio Sommer became extremely successful as a photographer and publisher. He wrote contemporary history with numerous authentic photographs of disasters and volcanic eruptions. Since the 1870s he has also produced replicas of ancient works of art made of bronze and terracotta (later also made of marble). The replicas, e.g. T. in the reduced statuette format , z. Some of them in their original size were widely used, not least thanks to their high casting quality. T. illustrated catalogs of the "Fonderia Artistica Summer" are offered. Among other things, there is a life-size replica of the seated Hermes from Herculaneum in the Berlin Collection of Antiquities .

literature

  • Marina Miraglia (Ed.): Giorgio Sommer in Italy. Photographs 1857–1888 . Ed. Braus, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-89466-043-0
  • Uwe Peltz: The seated Hermes from Herculaneum - a copy by Giorgio Sommer . In: Journal of Art Technology and Conservation. Vol. 19, 2005, issue 1, 75–91 ( online at academia.edu )
  • Bernhard Maaz : Sculpture in Germany between the French Revolution and the First World War . Berlin 2010, Vol. 2, pp. 660-661.

Web links

Commons : Giorgio Sommer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data by Giorgio Sommer in BnF catalog général
  2. ↑ On the 2012 exhibition with photos by Giorgio Sommer and others in Kultur Vollzug, Das Digitale Feuilleton for Munich
  3. ↑ G. Sommer e figlio - Catalogo di bronzi e terracotta, Napoli 1885
  4. ↑ Maaz 2010, pp. 660-661.
  5. ^ Peltz 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Summer, Giorgio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1914
Place of death Naples