Wilhelm Plüschow

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Wilhelm Plüschow, photographed by Wilhelm von Gloeden (ca.1890).
Wilhelm Plüschow - Vincenzo Galdi , Posillipo (Naples), 1895

Wilhelm Plüschow (also Guglielmo Plüschow or misleading von Plüschow ; * August 18, 1852 in Wismar , † January 3, 1930 in Berlin) was a German photographer who lived temporarily in Italy and was best known for his nude photographs . His works are similar to those of his cousin Wilhelm von Gloeden and have often been ascribed to him.

Life

Plüschow was born in Wismar as the oldest of seven siblings in the Plüschow family. His father Friedrich Carl Eduard Plüschow was an illegitimate son of the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig zu Mecklenburg , who gave the child the name of his summer residence Schloss Plüschow (and not, as is often read, von Plüschow). The aviator Gunther Plüschow is a nephew of Wilhelm Plüschow.

Around 1870 Wilhelm Plüschow moved to Rome , where he preferred the Italian form of his first name "Guglielmo". At first he earned his living as a wine merchant , but he soon turned to professional nude photography . Later he also worked in Naples . Here he carried out a series of commissioned works, including photographs of Nino Cesarini , the lover of Baron Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen on his estate, the Villa Lysis on Capri .

In 1902, Plüschow was charged with seducing minors and sentenced to eight months in prison. Another scandal followed in 1907, and in 1910 Plüschow had to leave Italy and returned to Germany, where he settled in Berlin .

literature

  • Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller: Plüschow, Wilhelm ("Guglielmo") In: Biographical Lexicon for Mecklenburg. Rostock: Schmidt-Römhild. 2001, pp. 190–192 ISBN 3-7950-3713-1 - However incorrect with regard to Plüschow's grandparents, not as stated there, the Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I of Mecklenburg was the grandfather, but the Mecklenburg Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig.
  • Bernhard Albers (Ed.): Galdi. Gloeden. Plüschow. Nude recordings from the Uwe Scheid collection . Rimbaud Press, Aachen 1993
  • Et in Arcadia ego. Photographs by Wilhelm von Gloeden, Guglielmo Plüschow and Vincenzo Galdi . Edition Oehrli, Zurich 2000
  • Volker Janssen (ed.): Wilhelm von Gloeden, Wilhelm von Plüschow, Vincenzo Galdi: Italian youth photographs around 1900 , Janssen Verlag, Berlin 1991
  • Marina Miraglia: Guglielmo Plüschow alla ricerca del bello ideal , in: “AFT (Archivio Fotografico Toscano)”, IV 7, luglio 1988, pp. 62-67
  • Ulrich Pohlmann: Who was Guglielmo Plüschow? , “Photo History”, n. 29, VIII 1988, pp. 33–38. Digitized
  • Bruce Russel, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Wilhelm von Plüschow. Two photo essays. I Von Plüschow: toward a definition of his canon . In: "Visual communication", IX, spring 1983, n. 2, pp. 57-59 & 65-71.
  • Uwe Scheid, Il vero nudo: Nude studies by Guglielmo Plüschow , “Photo History” n. 29, VIII 1988, pp. 9–21.
  • Peter Weiermair, Guglielmo Plüschow, Taschen Verlag, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3822890421
  • Winckelmann (pseud.), A rediscovered boy-photographer. Guglielmo Plüschow (1852-1930) , "Gayme" n. III 1, 1996, pp. 22-30.

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personal data
SURNAME Plüschow, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plüschow, Guglielmo; Plüschow, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Wismar
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1930
Place of death Berlin