Ruth Wilhelmi

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Ruth Wilhelmi-König (* 1904 in Berlin ; † 1977 there ) was a German theater photographer .

Life

Wilhelmi was born the daughter of a journalist. After an apprenticeship with a Berlin photographer, Ruth Wilhelmi founded her own studio in 1926, first with a focus on portraits and fashion, then, from the early 1930s, also with theater photography. She worked mainly in Berlin, where she documented several Bert Brecht productions. Margrit Schmidt was one of her students . In 1937 she passed the master's examination and then became the in-house photographer of the State Theaters. In 1943 her studio was destroyed in an air raid. After 1945 she worked again as a theater photographer until 1972.

After her death, the German Theater Museum in Munich acquired her archive in 1981. Parts of her work can also be found in the archive of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.

She was married to the Berlin Senator for Economic Affairs, Karl König .

literature

  • Bertolt Brecht , Berliner Ensemble (ed.): Mother Courage and her children. Photos of the performances of the Deutsches Theater, the Berliner Ensemble and the Münchener Kammerspiele by Ruth Berlau, Hainer Hill and Ruth Wilhelmi. ( Model books of the Berliner Ensemble. Volume 3) Berlin 1958.
  • Claudia Balk, Babette Angelaeas: theater photography . A presentation of their history based on the collection of the Deutsches Theatermuseum (exhibition of the Deutsches Theatermuseum from December 8, 1989 to March 5, 1990). Munich 1989, p. 97.
  • Michael Matzigkeit, Winrich Meiszies: Catalog "Gustaf Gründgens: Views of an Actor. Pictures of a Legend." Düsseldorf 1999, p. 217.

Book participation (selection)

  • Annedore Leber : Conscience decides areas d. German resistance from 1933 - 1945 in life pictures , photographic collaboration: Ruth Wilhelmi
  • Theater in Berlin 1951-1961 . Ten years of Schiller Theater , Schloßpark Theater, Schiller Theater workshop. With 252 illustrations. (Photos by Ruth Wilhelmi et al.)
  • Georg Zivier: Ernst Deutsch and the German Theater , Haude & Spenersche Vlgsbuchhdlg. 1964 (with 99 illustrations after photos by Ruth Wilhelmi and others)
  • Alfred Mühr: Great theater, encounters with Gustaf Gründgens , Oswald Arnold Verlag, Berlin 1950 (recordings including Ruth Wilhelmi)
  • Richard Biedrzynski: actors - directors - directors (including 27 portraits and stage photos of Ruth Wilhelmi)
  • Bertolt Brecht: Courage model 1949. Mother Courage and her children , Henschel (1958), with pictures by Ruth Berlau , Hainer Hill and Ruth Wilhelmi

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany (Ed.): Women Objective: Photographers 1940 to 1950. Cologne 2001, p. 147.
  2. ↑ http://www.adk.de/de/archiv/archivbest/literatur/kuenstler/BB_Fotoarchiv.html
  3. ↑ http://www.fotografenwiki.org/index.php?title=Ruth_Wilhelmi,_verh._K%C3%B6nig  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fotografenwiki.org  
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelmi, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelmi-König, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1977
Place of death Berlin