Alois Löcherer
Illustration — Alois Löcherer, self-portrait, around 1850 • Illustration — Alois Löcherer: Photo of the torso of the Bavaria statue Alois Löcherer (14 August 1815 – 15 July 1862) was a professional German photographer active in the mid-nineteenth century.
Alois Löcherer
Alois Löcherer · http: gallery.albertina.at/eMuseum/media/full/FotoGLV2000_3032.JPG · Public domain
- Born
- 1815 · Munich.
- Died
- 1862 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Biography
He was born in Munich, and opened a business as a photographer there in 1840, after training as a chemist and pharmacist.
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Alois Löcherer appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a photographer (1815 – 1862). Alois Löcherer was born in 1815 in Munich (Kreisfreie Stadt München) and died in 1862 in Munich (Kreisfreie Stadt München).
Work
Work
His work consisted of daguerrotypes. It includes "The Torso Section of Bavaria, Munich" (c. 1848), which depicts the construction of the fifty-two foot tall nationalist statue "Bavaria." This image is an early example of photoreportage and is additionally noted for its surrealistic effects. He also published, together with de:Hans Hanfstaengl, Album der Zeitgenossen (Album of Contemporary Figures), a collection of portraits of current celebrities, each accompanied by a capsule biography. The work was republished in 1975. Exhibitions of his photographs were held in Cologne in 1980-81 and in Munich in 1998.
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Life and career
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1815
Alois Löcherer was born on 14 August 1815.
1862
Alois Löcherer died on 15 July 1862.
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- 1.Freddy Langer (dir.). Icons of Photography : The 19th Century. Prestel Verlag. 2002. 3-7913-2771-2.
- 2.Alter Südlicher Friedhof in München. 2008. 978-3-9811425-6-3.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Alois Löcherer. Photographien 1845–1855. Schirmer/Mosel. 1998. 3-88814-915-0.
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