Wilhelm Angerer

Wilhelm Angerer (born July 6, 1904 in Schwaz , Tyrol ; † December 23, 1982 there ) was an Austrian photographer who was known for his artistic landscapes and documentaries from the Alpine region.

Life

Wilhelm Angerer grew up as the eldest of six children of photographer Georg Angerer and his wife Rosa Angerer (née Leitner). After attending business school and apprenticeship as a photographer in his parents' business, he went touring in companies in Merano , Genoa and Bad Kissingen . In 1927 he attended the “Higher Technical School for Photography” in Munich and later passed the master's examination at the Graphic Education and Research Institute in Vienna . In 1933 he opened his own photo business “Foto-Tirol” in Kitzbühel . In 1935 he married Barbara Kaufmann; the couple had six children. During the Second World War , he served as a division photographer in Finland from 1942–45.

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Appealing, aesthetic photographs of landscapes were taken in his youth. The work of his uncle Max Angerer (1877–1955), a well-known landscape painter, may also have given him inspiration . Two long trips to the Mediterranean and to Spitsbergen provided opportunities for intensive photographic work. In the late 20s he dealt with fine printing processes . 1929 Exhibition of bromine oil prints in the Bernhard art dealer, Innsbruck.

From around 1930, Angerer mainly took large-format photographs of the landscape. This is how impressive photos of the Tyrolean landscape and farms were taken. He was particularly fond of documenting rural and urban life with the Leica . This resulted in numerous photo reports, some of which he provided with humorous texts. In 1936 he received a recognition diploma from the Photographic Society in Vienna. His motifs found many enthusiasts in the form of postcards and enlargements, which he often provided with his own poems or sayings. Angerer is assigned to the New Objectivity in his artistic work .

Angerer was gifted in many ways: He made music, wrote poems, drew, philosophized and made many wood carvings. In 1942 the book "A song rushes from the mountains" was published; 1946 “The Unity of Tyrol” with E. Sturmmair; 1949: 1st prize for “the most beautiful winter photo of Tyrol”; 1957: bronze medal at Focussalon Amsterdam, in 1979 the illustrated book 'Fossils, Witnesses of Early Life' was published; furthermore a small volume of poetry “Vom one ingrund” and 2 small volumes with his philosophical thoughts. In later years he dealt intensively with fossil studies . In 1980 a department with fossils of his collecting activity was opened in the local museum of Jochberg in Tyrol.

Since his death there have been numerous exhibitions of his photographic work, some of them extensive:

• 1986: Center Pompidou in Paris
• 1986: Bozen, Trient, Innsbruck
• 1999: Rabalderhaus in Schwaz
• 1999: Museum of the City of Kitzbühel
• 2000 Galleria Fotoforum, Bozen
• 2004: Rabalderhaus, Schwaz
• 2007: Museum of Applied Arts, Gera
• 2009: Vorarlberg State Museum , Bregenz

Permanent exhibitions of his pictures can be seen in the Rabalderhaus in Schwaz, in the Museum of the City of Kitzbühel and in the Albertina in Vienna .

Publications

• W. Angerer: "A song rushes from the mountains" , Gauverlag Innsbruck, 1942.
• W. Angerer and Dr. E. Sturmmair: "The Unity of Tyrol" , Land Tirol, 1946.
• W.Angerer: "From the one basically" , Schleppegrell publishing house.
• W. Angerer: "Fossils, witnesses to early life" , publisher: Jochberg community, 1979.

literature

• Peter Weiermair: "Wilhelm Angerer, retrospective of his photographic work" , publisher: Rabalderhaus, Schwaz, 1999.
• Franziska Heubacher: "Wilhelm Angerer - the photographic work" , diploma thesis, University of Innsbruck, 2002.

Individual evidence

1. ^ The History of European Photography 1900-1938, FOTOFO., 2011. ISBN 978-80-85739-55-8

Web links

• Literature by and about Wilhelm Angerer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Picture gallery of the Tyrolean art cadastre
• Photography Gesang der Blessed, 1933–1942