Martin Gerlach junior

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Martin Gerlach junior (born April 2, 1879 in Vienna ; † July 18, 1944 there ) was an Austrian photographer.

Life

Martin Gerlach, son of Martin Gerlach senior , first learned the photography trade from his father, attended the kk graphic teaching and research institute from 1896–99 and later perfected his knowledge with Josef Löwy and Hermann Clemens Kosel .

In 1906 he founded his own photo studio and after the First World War he became the house photographer of the collector Camillo Castiglioni . After Albert Wiedling's death, he continued to run the Gerlach & Wiedling publishing house together with his son Walter Wiedling from 1923.

Martin Gerlach junior became famous for his architectural photographs from the interwar period ( municipal housing of the First Republic , building of the Viennese Höhenstrasse etc.) as well as for his work for the RAVAG program magazine and for publications in collaboration with the artists Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos .

His photo archive on Viennese architecture, industry and the inter-war period, which was set up in 1924 and continued by his son and supplemented with images from the period after 1945, came into the possession of the City of Vienna in 1989 and is now managed by the image archive of the Austrian National Library .

In 1940 Gerlach joined the NSDAP . After his death, his widow, Anna (née Mohl), continued the studio, which in 1947 was taken over by his son Kurt Gerlach (1919–2003). His son donated the famous Loos archive with 200 glass negatives to the Albertina collections in the 1990s .

Together with Bruno Reiffenstein (1868–1951), Martin Gerlach is now considered to be one of the most important photographers of the Austrian monarchy. His grave is in Vienna at Hietzinger Friedhof (group 66, row 6, number 7).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rolf Sachsse: The education to look away. Photography in the Nazi state . Philo Fine Arts, o. O. (Dresden) 2003, p. 384.

literature

  • Martin Gerlach: The Palace of Justice. Reconstruction after the fire of July 15, 1927 . Documentation commissioned by the construction company Universale Redlich & Berger Bau AG for the reconstruction of the Palace of Justice. Vienna, around 1927.
  • Wolfgang Mayer: Vienna in the mirror of the Gerlach photo archive. Cityscape and building activity 1925–1972 . Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv, Vienna 1990 (Publications of the Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv, Series B: Exhibition Catalogs, Issue 28), pp. 3–6.
  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 2: De-Gy. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 , p. 508.
Images of his photographs:
  • Markus Kristan: Adolf Loos. Villas . Album Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85164-100-0 , pp. 10-12.
  • Markus Kristan: Adolf Loos. Apartments . Album Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85164-101-9 , pp. 10-12.
  • Walter Moser: Translated Architectures. Martin Gerlach jun. photographed for Adolf Loos . Contributions to the history of photography in Austria Volume 16, edited by Monika Faber for the Photoinstitut Bonartes, Vienna, and Walter Moser for the photo collection of the Albertina , Vienna. 2018. Salzburg: Fotohof edition . ISBN 978-3-902993-61-8

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personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Martin junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerlach junior, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1944
Place of death Vienna