Raimund Stillfried von Rathenitz
Raimund Freiherr Stillfried von Rathenitz (born August 6, 1839 in Komotau , Bohemia , † August 12, 1911 in Vienna ) was an Austrian officer , painter and photographer .
Life
His parents were August Wilhelm Freiherr Stillfried von Rathenitz (1806-1897) and Maria Anna Johanna Theresia Walburge Countess Clam-Martinitz (1802-1874).
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Stillfried retired voluntarily from the Austrian army in 1863 and then went on trips to China , North America and Japan . In Japan he settled in Yokohama for a long time and worked there for a long time as a photographer . It is sometimes considered that the British-Venetian photographer Felice Beato gave him photography lessons. In the 1870s Stillfried was one of the leading photographers in Japan. He is known for his portrait photography and, like Felice Beato, he made numerous genre and landscape photos . Such recordings, which showed carefully staged genre scenes with people from foreign cultures as well as pictures of trips to regions and sights that were as unknown as possible, were popular souvenirs on the European market at the time. The mass-produced articles, often of high quality, are rare and valuable today. Careful hand coloring was typical of Stillfried's photos. However, he shared this characteristic of his photographs with those of Beato.
In 1878 Stillfried was elected to the board of directors of the state printing plant in Tokyo , and he was also a kuk court photographer . In 1883 he returned to Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ^ Baron Raimund von Stillfried. (No longer available online.) In: www.answers.com. 2010, archived from the original on June 2, 2010 ; accessed on November 24, 2017 (English).
literature
- Ingrid Haslinger: Customer - Kaiser. The story of the former imperial and royal purveyors . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .
- L. Gartlan: Stillfried and Rathenitz Raimund Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 265.
Web links
- Biography on the website of the family association of those von Stillfried-Rattonitz
- Entry on Raimund Stillfried von Rathenitz in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stillfried von Rathenitz, Raimund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stillfried von Rathenitz, Raimund Freiherr |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian officer, painter and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chomutov , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1911 |
| Place of death | Vienna |