György Klösz
György Klösz (born November 15, 1844 in Darmstadt as Johann Justus Georg Kloess; † July 4, 1913 in Vienna ) was a photographer born in Germany who later mainly worked in Austria-Hungary .
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In the 1860s, Klösz completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Lorsch and then went to Vienna. He was employed by Hermann Heid and soon headed the branch in Budapest . In 1867 he took over and moved to a new studio in 1872. In 1873 he was a member of the Vienna Photographers Association as part of the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 . This had the license to produce images in the exhibition area.
Georg von der Lippe took photos for him, among others. In the 1870s he photographed around 250 to 300 views of Budapest and published series in cabinet and visit format . Around 1880 he expanded his business into a reproduction facility and worked with the dry process. In the mid-1890s he already had around 40 employees and produced around 700 photographs at the Budapest Millennium Exhibition in 1896 . In the same year he became a member of the Photographische Gesellschaft in Vienna. He was also a member of the Photography Club in Budapest. He photographed Hungarian castles and baths and in 1906 documented the establishment of telegraphs and telephone connections by the post office. The company was taken over by his son Pál Klösz in 1905.
About 4000 recordings are known from Klösz. Part of his photographic estate has been kept in the History Museum in Budapest since the late 1950s .
Web links
- Literature by and about György Klösz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Timm Starl, photo library. Biobibliography on photography in Austria from 1839 to 1945 - on the homepage of the Albertina in Vienna
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Klösz, György |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Photographer who worked in Austria and Hungary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1913 |
| Place of death | Vienna |