Ludwig Gutmann

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The grisettes of the operetta performance The Merry Widow of the Theater an der Wien in Gutmann's studio (1906)
Girl brushing her teeth (around 1915)
Psychoanalytic Ambulatory Vienna (1922)

Ludwig Gutmann (born June 23, 1869 in Horn , Austria-Hungary ; died April 18, 1943 in the Theresienstadt ghetto ) was an Austrian photographer .

Life

In 1903 Ludwig Gutmann worked in Nikolaus Stockmann's studio in Vienna in the 9th district at Seegasse 2. There he also moved into his apartment. In 1904 he became a co-owner of the photography business at Währinger Straße 18. After Stockmann died in 1905, he registered the business in his name. From 1903 to 1914 he belonged to the Austrian Photographers Association, where he was involved in the association's board, and in the next few years in other professional associations. Gutmann also opened a studio in his hometown of Horn in the 1930s.

Until the end of the war in 1918, Gutmann was the undisputed "commissioned emperor" for Vienna's private theaters, which specialized in musical drama and operettas. He brought the stars of these theater productions into his studio and depicted them in poses that were easy to understand and as flirtatious as possible. Gutmann adhered to the tradition of studio photography by having the opera and operetta singers and actresses perform their pose repertoire parallel to the camera in front of a white or painted background. Under studio conditions, these recordings were technically brilliant. In the republic, not only the theater changed, but also theater photography .

After Austria was annexed in 1938, Gutmann's company was Aryanized in 1939 and his name was deleted from the trade directory. On August 28, 1942 Gutmann was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto on the 9th Vienna Transport , where he was murdered on April 18, 1943.

literature

  • Barbara Lesák (Ed.): From the pose to the expression. Theater photography 1900–1930. Brandstätter, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85498-243-7 , p. 216 (short vita).
  • Anton Holzer : Photography in Austria. History, developments, protagonists 1890–1955. Metroverlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-99300-136-0 , p. 204.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Gutmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information from Albertina
  2. ^ A b Barbara Lesák: Heroic Educational Theater . In: Barbara Lesák (ed.): From the pose to expression. 2003, p. 47 f.
personal data
SURNAME Gutmann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Horn (Lower Austria)
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1943
Place of death Theresienstadt ghetto