Franz Fiedler

Portraits of Artist Georg Gelbke,

1920s, 

two gelatin silver prints

 

Franz Fiedler (Proßnitz 1885 – 1956 Dresden)

 

Portrait of Artist Georg Gelbke (1882-1947) holding an Etching Plate

[Georg Gelbke mit Radierplatte]

 

circa 1920s

 

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

16 x 21.7cm

mounted on cardboard at each of the upper corners

lower right in pencil signed: "Franz Fiedler"

The Daulton Collection



Condition: slight silvering; base cardboard soiled, creased and frayed at the corners.


Fiedler's studio stamp is on the mount:



Franz Fiedler (Proßnitz 1885 – 1956 Dresden)

 

Portrait of Artist Georg Gelbke (1882-1947) smoking a Pipe

[Georg Gelbke, Pfeife rauchend]

 

circa 1926

 

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

16 x 22 cm

mounted on cardboard at each of the upper corners

lower right in pencil signed: "Franz Fiedler"

The Daulton Collection



Condition: slight silvering in the edge areas; somewhat scratched and with moisture-related bowling on the right half of the photograph; base cardboard slightly soiled, creased and frayed at the corners.



References:


Helmut Grunewald, Franz Fiedler und seine Zeit. Eine Studie zur Geschichte der Fotografie (Halle 1960), Cat. Nr. 33.


Franz Fiedler. Fotografie, Photographs, Fotografien (Brünn 2005) (catalogue of the exhibition at Muzeum Prostejovska 30.6. – 28.8.2005 and Moravská Galerie 15.12.2005 – 5.3.2006), Cat. Nr. 61.


"Franz Fiedler bezeichnete diese sorgfältige Bildleistung als "Studie". Das von der rechten Seite und von links oben geführte Licht charakterisiert den vergeistigten, energischen Kopf. Durch aufmerksamens Beobachten gelang es überdies, den Dargestellten in einer für ihn typischen Haltung zu erfassen." (Grunewald, S. 127.).


["Franz Fiedler referred to this careful pictorial achievement as a 'study.'  The light guided from the right side and from the top left characterizes the spiritualized, energetic head. By observing carefully, it was also possible to capture the sitter in a posture typical of him." Grunewald, above, at p. 127.]



 

Contact:

Jack Daulton

The Daulton Collection

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