- Franz Fiedler
Franz Fiedler (
17 February 1885 inProstějov ,Austria-Hungary -5 February 1956 inDresden , GDR) was a photographer.Fiedler was born in Prostějov, near
Olomouc inMoravia . Fiedler was a pupil ofHugo Erfurth . He was regarded as an eccentric during his apprenticeship inPilsen , and worked in 1905 and again in 1912 withRudof Dührkoop inHamburg , and from 1908 to 1911 withHugo Erfurth inDresden . At the 1911 world exhibition inTurin he won first prize and had another exhibition inPrague in 1913. He belonged to the circle ofJaroslav Hašek andEgon Erwin Kisch and in 1916 married Erna Hauswald in Dresden where he occupied a studio at Sedanstraße 7.From 1919, and coincidental with his friendship with Madame d'Ora (
Dora Kallmus , ofVienna who was later to move toParis ) he began to work with a 9×12folding camera and in 1924 became one of the first professional photographers to use a Leica. After expanding his studio in 1925, he took part in the exhibition "Film und Foto" in Stuttgart.The outstanding publication on the city of
Dresden , conceived in the spirit of Die Neue Sachlichkeit, is one of the first illustrated works created according to the new principles of photography. It marks a turning point in his work. To the same series of publications, published by Adolf Behne, belongs 'Berlin in Bildern' by Sasha Stone. That work was the subject of a show at the turn of the year (2006/7) in the Berlinischen Galerie.Fiedler's studio was destroyed on
13 February 1945 . All that was left was a box with photographs for exhibition which was deposited with his family inMoravia . After 1945 he did not have his own studio and earned a living in the GDR as author of books on photography. Anneliese Kretschmer, Dortmund, is one of his pupils.Publications
'Dresden in Bildern', Aufnahmen von Franz Fiedler, herausgegeben von Hans Wolfgang Singer, Wien Leipzig, Verlag Dr. Hans Epstein 1930 ('Orbis urbium – Schöne Städte in schönen Bildern').Dufek, Antonin, Franz Fiedler, Fotografie/Photographs/Fotografien (Brünn Prag 2005)Franz Fiedler. Fotografie. Technische Sammlungen der Stadt Dresden, Ausstellung 4.4.-3.6.2007
External links
* [http://www.moravska-galerie.cz/cs/vystavni-akce/franz-fiedler-fotografie/ Gallery]
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