Thomas Heinrich Voigt
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Thomas Heinrich Voigt (born May 9, 1838, † July 22, 1896) was a German painter and an important royal court photographer during the Wilhelmine era .
Live and act
Thomas Heinrich Voigt was born the son of the Bad Homburg court painter Johann Friedrich Voigt (1792–1871). From 1878 he worked as a photographer. In 1885 he settled in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 61a in Bad Homburg v. d. Enter a studio. Thomas Heinrich Voigt was one of the most important photographers in the spa town in the second half of the 19th century. Its activity has been documented since the late 1870s. Like his father Johann Friedrich, he had originally trained as a painter. His regular customers as a photographer included the imperial family and their guests, of whom Voigt took pictures on the occasion of various visits, such as the imperial maneuver in 1883 or the laying of the foundation stone of the Russian Chapel in 1896. At the beginning of the 1880s, Voigt acquired the house at Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade 61 and had his own studio (no. 61a) built in the courtyard.
After his death in 1896, his widow continued to run the photo studio. Her products include, for example, the recordings of the imperial visit to the Saalburg in 1899. Voigt was a member of the Frankfurt Freemason Lodge Socrates for steadfastness .
photos
Sophie Opel , 1891
Kaiser Wilhelm II. , 1902 (Atellier T. H. Voigt )
literature
- Ludwig cabinet: Thomas Heinrich Voigt (obituary). In: Photographic correspondence . 33rd year, 1896, pp. 400–401 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig cabinet: Thomas Heinrich Voigt. P. 401.
- ↑ Urban and architecturally high-quality buildings until 1918. In: Digitales Gebäude Buch. City of Homburg, accessed on November 27, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Voigt, Thomas Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and court photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1838 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1896 |