Max Schneider (photographer)

Max Schneider (born August 23, 1887 in Vienna ; died after 1939 ) was an Austrian photographer and painter.

Schneider's photographer's mark

His artist signature

Entry in the business directory 1921/22

Entry in the business directory 1925

Live and act

Max Schneider, son of the master tailor Hersch Suchir (known as Hermann) Schneider from Sambor ( Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ) and his wife Anna, née. Wohrischek, worked as a photographer in Vienna from 1913. After the First World War he ran his studio for portrait photography together with his wife, the Viennese photographer Sophie Stark (married on August 21, 1919) in Vienna- Josefstadt , Kochgasse 20. After the early death of his wife, he ran the studio at Kochgasse 20–22, initially on his own under the name Photo - Graphics .

Since the early 1920s he worked as a photographer for the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna and took pictures of the entire faculty of this faculty. In 1927, “the master of doctor portraits” made a tableau with 163 portraits of professors from this faculty. As a result, the Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift in particular regularly published photos and drawings by Schneider, a.o. a. by Ernst Finger , Ernst Fuchs , Ferdinand Hochstetter , Guido Holzknecht and Julius Mannaberg .

From the mid-1920s Schneider was a member of the photographers' cooperative in Vienna . In May 1928 he showed a series of red chalk sketches at the group exhibition in Linz of the Gewerbeförderungsinstitut für Fachfotografie, an exhibition organized by the professional association of Austrian photographers' cooperatives , the execution of which received special mention. The academically trained painter Schneider also worked on his photos with overpainting or retouching .

In November 1933, he offered the dean of the medical faculty Leopold Doctor the free production of photographic portraits of the entire "professors' college" in order to then use them in the form of drawings corresponding to the work by Olga Prager (1872–1930 ) to publish. Schneider hoped to achieve financial success for this company by selling the doctor portraits in bookshops.

After the " Anschluss of Austria ", Max Schneider and his then wife Lucie were threatened by Nazi persecution because of their Jewish origins after the Nazi racial laws that came into force in Austria in March 1938 . After Schneider's studio had been owned by his wife since 1934, only she has submitted an asset registration to the Ministry of Economics and Labor to record the Reich flight tax . As with many other Jewish businessmen, his studio was closed immediately after the so-called “ Reichskristallnacht ” and Schneider himself was forced to give up his trade license on November 10, 1938. From January 1, 1939, he was also banned from practicing his profession , which forced him to emigrate . Together with his wife, Schneider was able to flee Austria to Rotterdam in January 1939 . From this point on, nothing is known about his further life.

Aryanization by Wilhelm Hlosta

Wilhelm Hlosta (1904–1984), who has been a photographer since the early 1930s, “took over” Schneider's studio in the course of an aryanization in 1938/39 and sold Schneider's photos and prints under his name.

In 1940 Max Schneider's studio was " wound up " by Franz Stern on behalf of the property transaction office .

Note on Schneider's estate in Austrian archives

Schneider's work for the faculty is now in the photo and image archive of the collections of the Medical University of Vienna.

Many photos are also in the holdings of the picture archive of the Austrian National Library . A considerable number of his portraits are still inventoried there, either without naming his name and / or date of creation, for example the tableau with 163 portraits of professors of Viennese medicine. Faculty , or indicates Wilhelm Hlosta as the author, because the provenance research of this library has not processed the scientific results that have been available for years in its holdings until today.

Trivia

In 1929 Schneider had a car accident at parliament in which his passenger was seriously injured.

Works

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  Siegmund Exner

In addition to the photographic recordings, Schneider also created a number of portrait drawings:

• Portrait of Friedrich Dimmer (1925)
• Portrait Emil Redlich (1926)
• Portrait of Hans Thaler (1926)
• Portrait of Clemens von Pirquet (1929)
• Portrait Markus Hajek (1931)
• Photography after the etching by Anton von Eiselsberg (1930)
• Portrait of Julius von Wagner-Jauregg (1932)
• Portrait of Dionys Pospischill (1933)

The oil painting Julius Wagner-Jauregg by Wilhelm Krausz was based on Schneider's photo portrait.

literature

• Walter Mentzel: Nazi looted property at the Medical University of Vienna - Using the example of the displaced physicians Otto Fürth, Markus Hajek, Egon Ranzi, Carl J. Rothberger, Maximilian Weinberger and the photographer Max Schneider. In: Bruno Bauer, Christina Köstner-Pemsel, Markus Stumpf (eds.): Nazi provenance research at Austrian libraries. Claim and Reality. Writings of the Association of Austrian Librarians 10. Wolfgang Neugebauer Verlag, Graz / Feldkirch 2011, ISBN 978-3-85376-290-5 , pp. 189–206. ( PDF document , 1 MB)
• Timm Starl: Lexicon on Photography in Austria 1839 to 1945 . Album Verlag für Photographie, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85164-150-7 , p. 433 .
• Entry to Schneider, Max In: Bio-Bibliography on Photography in Austria
• Austrian National Library (Ed.): Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin, 18th to 20th centuries . 3 volumes. tape 3 . KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 1219 .

Web links

Commons : Max Schneider  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

1. ^ Business registration on May 29, 1913 with the location Vienna II., Rotensterngasse 33
2. ↑ The German-Austrian photographer. 1919, p. 103.
3. ↑ Adolph Lehmann 's general housing indicator, year 1920, Volume 1 (business directory), 4th evidence. Commercial and commercial address book classified according to businesses and trades in Vienna. P. 1391 (5th column from left)
   Adolph Lehmann's general housing indicator, year 1920, volume 2, 7th evidence. Residents of Vienna. Alphabetical list of the inhabitants ... p. 1189
   1st column: - Max, ak. Painter u. Photograph, II / ₁ Rotensterng. 33 Atelier VIII, Kochg. 20th
4. ↑ 1889 - May 1, 1920, buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery (New Israelite Department, IV. Gate, Group 5, Row 17, No. 13).
   See: cemetery database of the IKG Vienna.
5. ↑ Adolph Lehmann's general housing advertisement from 1923, volume 2 (business directory) 3. Traders and traders in Vienna. Directory of traders and tradespeople sorted alphabetically according to occupation or occupation in Vienna. P. 1391 (5th column from left, bottom)
6. ↑ See e.g. B. the photos of Julius Tandler , Eugen Steinach , Guido Holzknecht and Hans Lorenz in:
   Famous Viennese Medicines and Researchers. In:  Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung , July 27, 1925, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). with the addendum in the following number:
   (Atelier Max Schneider.). In:  Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung , August 3, 1925, p. 8 (online at ANNO ). The portraits of famous Viennese doctors and researchers published in the previous issue come from the well-known Atelier Max Schneider , 8th district, Kochgasse 20.
   
7. ↑ Notes. August 9, 1930 .. In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1930, No. 33, p. 1096 (online at ANNO ).
8. ^ Dedicated to Professor Ernst Finger. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1926, No. 28, p. 843 (online at ANNO ).
9. ^ Ernst Fuchs .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1930, No. 49, p. 1575 (online at ANNO ).
10. ↑ Professor Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1931, No. 7, p. 215 (online at ANNO ). - The beautiful portrait of Professor Dr. We owe Hochstetter's to the photographic studio of Mr. Max Schneider.
    
11. ↑ Hofrat Professor Dr. Guido Holzknecht .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1931, No. 45, p. 1455 (online at ANNO ). - The expressive picture of Professor Dr. Holzknecht's first place in this booklet comes from the photo studio M. Schneider, Vienna.
    
12. ^ Advances in internal medicine. I .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1930, No. 19, p. 619 (online at ANNO ). Notes. … We owe the expressive portrait of Professor Mannaberg to the Max Schneider studio.
    
13. ↑ The professional photographic exhibition in Linz. In: Allgemeine Photographic Newspaper June 1, 1928, Volume X, No. 6, p. 2
14. ^ Konrad Kwiet: After the pogrom. Levels of exclusion. In: Wolfgang Benz: The Jews in Germany 1933–1945 . Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-33324-9 , p. 547.
15. ↑ Last entry for Schneider, - Max, Photograph, VIII. Kochgasse 20–22, Wohn. No. 32 In: Wiener Adreßbuch Lehmanns Wohnungsanzeiger, year 1938, Volume 1, Part 1 Name index p. 1150
16. ↑ William Hlosta
17. ↑ See also the descriptions in the picture archive Austria: Max Schneider (after Willy Hlosta) - Vienna
    inventory no . 222675-C and inventory no . 222910-C
18. ^ Order to liquidators. In:  Wiener Zeitung , February 24, 1940, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). I order Franz Stern in Vienna XV / 101, Rauchfangkehrergasse 6, on the basis of § 3 of the ordinance of November 23, 1938, G. Bl. No. 619/1938 , or Z 2 of the ordinance of December 3, 1938, G. Bl No. 633/1938 , on the liquidator for the following companies: … 7. Schneider Max, Photograph, Vienna, December 8th, Kochgasse 2.… State Administration of the Reichsgau Vienna, Section III (liquidation office of the property transaction office) i. A. Dr. Peichl.
    
    
    
    
    
19. ^ Adolf Kronfeld :  Professors of Viennese medicine. Faculty. In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1927, No. 10, p. 332 (online at ANNO ). This work has been inventoried in the picture archive of the Austrian National Library to this day (as of January 2019) without dating and without naming the author, although it is labeled as follows at the bottom: "Copyright Max Schneider, Vienna VIII - Reprinting prohibited" and the date of creation is fixed.
    
20. ^ For example, in the portrait of Economo von San Serff, Konstantin Freiherr , while in the Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift it is noted: Photo Max Schneider, Vienna .
21. ↑ Blinded in a car accident. A terrible accident caused by the storm. In:  Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung , May 27, 1929, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
22. ^ Friedrich Dimmer .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1925, No. 45, p. 2474 (online at ANNO ).
23. ^ Professor Emil Redlich .. In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1926, No. 3, p. 79 (online at ANNO ).
24. ↑ Professor Hans Thaler. In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1926, No. 25, p. 777 (online at ANNO ).
25. ↑ Professor Dr. Clemens Pirquet .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1929, No. 11, p. 331 (online at ANNO ).
26. ↑ Professor Dr. M. Hajek for his 70th birthday. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1931, No. 48, p. 1547 (online at ANNO ). Notes. … - The expressive portrait of Professor Dr. We owe M. Hajeks to the artistic hand of Mr. Max Schneider.
    
27. ↑ "Daily Practice". In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1930, No. 44, p. 1439 (online at ANNO ). The sheet, a photograph based on the original etching, shows the councilor repositioning a dislocation. In addition to the Hofrat we see our colleagues Urban, Starlinger, Demel, Moritsch, Sgalitzer, Gold and Oppolzer. In the thematic connection with the famous painting by Seligmann, which shows Billroth in the lecture hall before an operation, the sheet by Max Schneider will also play an honorable role in the history of Viennese surgery.
    
28. ↑ Professor Dr. Julius Wagner-Jauregg on his 75th birthday .. In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1932, No. 11, p. 327 (online at ANNO ).
29. ↑ Hofrat primary physician Dr. D. Pospischill .. In:  Wiener Medical Wochenschrift , year 1933, No. 33, p. 1334 (online at ANNO ).
30. ↑ Professor Dr. Julius Wagner-Jauregg appropriated .. In:  Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift , year 1928, No. 28, p. 891 (online at ANNO ).