Marianne Strobl
Marianne Strobl b. Nentwich (born February 24, 1865 in Würbenthal ; † February 13, 1917 in Vienna ), daughter of the manager Johann Nentwich and his wife Jakobine geb. Volgert was an Austrian photographer .
life and work
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SS Thalia , postcard c. 1909 (140 × 88 mm)
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Marianne Strobl worked as a photographer in Vienna from around 1894 under the name M. Strobl . Her first name abbreviation was intended to counteract prejudices and thus loss of orders in the male-dominated profession at the time, as her person as a woman who had not even been trained as a photographer, so that she had to acquire photographic knowledge in amateur clubs, was not immediately apparent. From 1905 onwards, however, it belonged to the photographers' cooperative. Her husband, Josef Strobl, worked in her company. Her studio was at Halmgasse 3 in the 2nd district near the Prater . With this address it was entered in the Vienna address book from 1896 under “Photographer, Atelier”, from 1897 to 1935 under “Kunstanstalt für Photographie” and again in 1936 and 1937 under “Photograph”, also after her death.
Unusual for a woman at the time and probably the first person in Austria-Hungary to specialize in industrial photography . On behalf of the City of Vienna, authorities, museums and private individuals, she documented the urban infrastructure, vehicles and construction sites, such as the gasometers in Simmering and Liesing and the right main collecting canal , often over several years .
She also worked for the Österreichischer Lloyd in Trieste and the Erste Donau-Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft , for which she recorded ship motifs for the production of postcards.
She documented the exploration of the Ötscher cave system under considerable strain, as the heavy photographic equipment and flashing light had to be carried.
She also photographed interiors to a large extent, such as that of the Vienna Hotel Meissl & Schadn (1895) or the house of aviation pioneer Viktor Silberer in Semmering (1898), and in doing so became famous as a specialist in flash photography.
In 1910 she made a recording of the lay-up of the long-time mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger .
Marianne Strobl's works are kept in the photo collections of the Museum of Applied Arts , the Vienna Museum , the Austrian National Library and the Albertina as well as the Photoinstitut Bonartes.
Exhibitions
- Marianne Strobl, "Industry Photographer", 1894-1914. Photoinstitut Bonartes, Vienna, 2017/2018
- Marianne Strobl - industrial photographer in Vienna. Das Verborgene Museum , Berlin (September 19, 2019 to March 8, 2020)
literature
Ulrike Matzer (ed.): Marianne Strobl, "Industry Photograph" 1894–1914 . (= Contributions to the History of Photography in Austria, Volume 15), Fotohof edition, 2017
Web links
- Woman in the male domain of industrial photography , Salzburger Nachrichten of October 18, 2017
- Exhibition on kuk photo pioneer Marianne Strobl , orf.at from October 19, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ The biography of the photographer is given according to the biography posted in the exhibition in the Hidden Museum in Berlin 2019/2020.
- ↑ The postcard that ran from Trieste on November 13th, 1909 bears the signature on the reverse: “Photography by M. Strobl, Vienna, kk Prater”.
- ↑ Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer: Exhibition “Veiled Emancipated” in: Wiener Zeitung from December 21, 2017 ( online ).
- ↑ Compare the information in the individual address book years as follows: 1896 , 1897 , 1935 and 1937 .
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| SURNAME | Strobl, Marianne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Würbenthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1917 |
| Place of death | Vienna |