Jacob Seib
Jacob Seib (* 1812 Offenbach am Main ; † 1883 Frankfurt am Main ) was a German photographer of the 19th century.
Life
Jacob Seib, born in Offenbach in 1812, was one of the first photographers in Frankfurt and was particularly popular with the public. His clients included Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern , Ernst Moritz Arndt and Arthur Schopenhauer .
His photographic institute was located at Hochstrasse 16, where he mainly invited public figures. The portraits that were commissioned by members of the Frankfurt National Assembly are particularly well known. Attention was drawn to an advertisement by Seib on June 6, 1852 in the Frankfurter Intellektiven -Blatt , where he advertised the new technology of photography on glass .
Works by Seib can be found in the Agfa works archive , in the Historisches Museum in Frankfurt and in the Nordico in Linz.
Well-known pictures
Heinrich von Gagern (1848)
Ernst Moritz Arndt (1848)
Franz Raveaux in the National Assembly (1848)
Exhibitions
- Early photography in the Rhine-Main area 1839-1885. Haus Giersch - Museum Regionaler Art, September 28, 2003 to January 4, 2004, Frankfurt am Main
- Focused - early photographs from the Nordico, Linz 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Jakob Seib in: "Silber und Salz", Reinhard Matz, Museum Ludwig. Agfa Foto-Historama, Edition Braus 1989, 696 pages, page 677
- ^ Jacob Seib in: "Intelligence sheet of the free city of Frankfurt": Frankfurter Nachrichten 1860, page 508
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seib, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1883 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |