Wilhelm Willinger (photographer)
Maurus Wilhelm Willinger ( April 9, 1879 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary - January 29, 1943 in Shanghai , China ) was an Austro-Hungarian photographer best known for his portraits of actors from the early silent film era in Berlin.
Life
Willinger lived in Budapest until 1900, from 1902 or 1909 to 1918 he ran a photo agency in Berlin, but from 1920 to 1934 under the name of his wife Margarete Willinger. In Berlin he was registered in W 30 at Schwäbische Strasse 8. During the First World War he was Honvéd - officer . He then ran his own agency in Vienna, which was taken over by the Hitler photographer Heinrich Hoffmann in 1938. During this time in 1924 he founded the organization of the Vienna press . Willinger emigrated to Shanghai, where from 1940 he ran his Willinger & Co Shanghai studio at 88 Nankin Road.
His son László Willinger (1909–1989) also became a portrait photographer .
literature
- Milena Greif : The history of the Vienna photo agency Willinger and its vanished inventory . In: Rundbrief Fotografie, NF 43, Volume 11, No. 3 from September 15, 2004.
Web links
- Wilhelm Willinger in a diploma thesis on the website of the University of Vienna
- Wilhelm Willinger in the fotografenwiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willinger, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willinger, Maurus Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1943 |
| Place of death | Shanghai , China |