Gustav Jägermayer
Gustav Jägermayer (also Gustav Jaegermayer) (born November 14, 1834 in Vienna , † August 5, 1901 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian photographer . He gained historical fame through his numerous Austrian high mountain and landscape photographs as well as portraits of locomotives and railroad cars.
In the 1850s, Jägermayer ran a photo studio and a photographic art shop in the 4th district of Vienna, Wieden . From 1862 to 1864 he published portfolios with his own reproductions of frescoes, paintings, watercolors and drawings under the company name "Jaegermayer & Co., Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir". In 1862 he became a member of the Photographic Society .
In 1863 he took part in the Großglockner expedition and produced 84 panels of the mountain landscape in the format 37 × 45 cm. In 1873 Jägermayer took photos at the Vienna World Exhibition on behalf of Oscar Kramer from the “ Vienna Photographers Association ” . In 1864 he was represented as an exhibitor at the “ First Photographic Exhibition in Vienna ”.
From 1882 to 1895 he worked for the Salzburg photo publisher Baldi & Würthle , then for the successor Würthle & Spinnhirn.
literature
- Otto Hochreiter, Timm Starl, "Lexicon on Austrian Photography", History of Photography in Austria, Volume 2, by Otto Hochreiter and Timm Starl on behalf of the Association for the Development of the History of Photography in Austria, exhibition catalog, Bad Ischl 1983.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jägermayer, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1901 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |