Louis Aickelin

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Johann Ludwig Aickelin , known as Louis Aickelin (* 1810 ; † 1884 ) was a German scribe and copyist in Reutlingen . In the years 1854–1856 he worked as a photographer in Tübingen . In 1856 he returned to Reutlingen as a photographer.

Life

Aickelin in Tübingen

Aickelin, the pewter, scribe and copyist from Reutlingen, was heavily in debt when he moved to Tübingen in 1854. Here he opened a photo studio . It is not known where he got photographic knowledge from. At the beginning of his stay, the creditors from Reutlingen tried several times without success to collect his debts. The Tübingen municipal council confirmed that he was completely indigent several times in 1854 and 1855. Apparently, after initial difficulties, Aickelin was successful in Tübingen and was able to pay off his debts. When in 1856 he applied for a license to continue working as a photographer at the Royal Superior Office, the town council gave him a good report card. "Since he has lived here nothing has been known of him [...], he understands his business."

In his work, Aickelin concentrated on the university. He took portrait photos of Tübingen students and group photos of the fraternities. There are also some views of Tübingen from him, which were mainly taken in the vicinity of the university, which is all the more astonishing that the regulations at that time did not allow photographers to trade in prefabricated images and left them to the booksellers. It is noticeable in his group photos that, in contrast to the tradition that began with lithography and continued through Carl Reutlinger's daguerreotype , they were staged much more loosely and intimately. His cityscapes also differ from those made up until then, in that he preferred partial views instead of overall views.

It is not known whether the strong competition among photographers in Tübingen at this time or for other reasons prompted him to leave Tübingen and return to Reutlingen. Cases in which Aickelin had to sue the court for fees for taking photos contributed to this, but they were certainly not decisive.

Well-known work

  • 1855 Portrait of an unknown member of the " Germania " fraternity (Archive Burschenschaft Germania, 120 × 95 mm)
  • 1855 The fraternity “Germania” in front of the Eifertei next to Uhland's house in Gartenstrasse (Archive Burschenschaft Germania, 100 × 130 mm). Because the plinth of the Uhland House takes up a large space in the left half of the picture, the poet is included in the arrangement as a celebrity from Tübingen and an honorary member of the fraternity.
  • around 1855 In the garden of the Eifertei (University Archives Tübingen 214/322)
  • around 1855 The Neckar Bridge and the Neckar Front (University Archives Tübingen 214/379)

  • Portrait of an unknown member of "Germania"

  • The fraternity "Germania" before the zeal

  • In the garden of zeal

  • The Neckar Bridge and the Neckar Front

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 99
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 24 with reference to local council minutes in the Tübingen city archive (inventory A75), z. B. 1855 § 1022 and 1855 § 184a
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 25 quoted from the local council minutes 1856 § 280 (Tübingen city archive, inventory A75)
  4. ↑ a b Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 25
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 24 quoted from the Schultheissen protocol in litigation from January 21, 1856, p. 463 (Stadtarchiv Tübingen, A70 / 1225)
  6. ↑ There are further portraits of Aickelin in the archives of Corps Franconia , Corps Suevia and the Roigel Royal Society . - Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia ... , p. 100

bibliography

  • Wolfgang Hesse: Views from Swabia. Art, country and people in photographs by the first Tübingen photographers and the photographer Paul Sinner (1838–1925) , Metz brothers: Tübingen 1989, ISBN 3-921580-79-X , pp. 24–28

not yet evaluated

  • Georg Schmidgall: The oldest photographic institution in Tübingen? , in: "Tübinger Blätter" 32 (1941), p. 41

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personal data
SURNAME Aickelin, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aickelin, Johann Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scribe, copyist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Reutlingen
DATE OF DEATH 1884
Place of death uncertain: Reutlingen