Ursula Richter (photographer)

Ursula Richter in a self-portrait (1925).

Irma Ursula Johanna Richter (born June 23, 1886 in Radebeul ; † August 9, 1946 in Greifswald ) was a German dance and theater photographer .

Life

Richter, born in Radebeul near Dresden in 1886, was believed by her son to be self-taught. Since January 1913 at the latest, she has been working as a portrait photographer in Dresden and taking pictures in the theater. Above all, she photographed both modern artistic dance and theater dancers in the dance sector. From 1914 to 1939, studios in the southern suburb of Dresden not far from the main train station are recorded. In 1939 she closed her studio and moved to the island of Rügen .

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The other estate of Ursula Richter was considered lost after the acquisition of around 100 positives between 1984 and 1986. On the occasion of a photo exhibition about her sister, the Dresden sculptor Etha Richter , in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek - State and University Library Dresden 2004, the part of her photo legacy, believed to be lost, with family photos from before 1945 as well as around 2,500 positives from theater performances before 1945 by the Deutsche Fotothek Dresden can be acquired.

The geodesist Bernhard Pattenhausen (around 1920)
Self-Portrait at the Window (1920)
The actress Antonia Dietrich as Countess La Valette (1923)
Performance of the opera Cardillac in Dresden (1926)
Performance of the opera Elektra in Dresden (1927)
The Romanist and politician Victor Klemperer (around 1930)

Web links

Commons : Photographs by Ursula Richter - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Manfred Altner: Judge, Irma Ursula Johanna . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Individual evidence

↑ The dance-like photograph . In: Digital specialist journal Tanzwissenschaft under "25) Richter, Irma Ursula Johanna"
^ The council to Dresden: trade registration certificate. II. Execution. For Miss Irma Ursula Johanna Richter from February 13, 1920, website of the Deutsche Fotothek Dresden, accessed on July 17, 2020.
↑ Richter, Ursula. Artist data set 90036026. Website of the Deutsche Fotothek Dresden, accessed on July 17, 2020. (The data set must be accessed via a photo by Ursula Richter.)
↑ How to deal with photographer bequests (PDF file; 1.6 MB)

personal data
SURNAME	Judge, Ursula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Richter, Irma Ursula Johanna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Radebeul
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1946
Place of death	Greifswald

[1] The dance-like photograph . In: Digital specialist journal Tanzwissenschaft under "25) Richter, Irma Ursula Johanna"

[2] The council to Dresden: trade registration certificate. II. Execution. For Miss Irma Ursula Johanna Richter from February 13, 1920, website of the Deutsche Fotothek Dresden, accessed on July 17, 2020.

[3] Richter, Ursula. Artist data set 90036026. Website of the Deutsche Fotothek Dresden, accessed on July 17, 2020. (The data set must be accessed via a photo by Ursula Richter.)

[4] How to deal with photographer bequests (PDF file; 1.6 MB)