Hans Hildenbrand
Hans Hildenbrand (1870–1957) was a German photographer who was famous for taking color photographs during World War I. His French counterpart is considered Jules Gervais-Courtellemont. Hildenbrand published articles to the art and design magazine Bauhaus in the late 1920s. He worked as a photographer for National Geographic after the war.
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Hans Hildenbrand
- Name
- Hans Hildenbrand
- Born
- 1870
- Birthplace
- Bad Boll, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
- Died
- 1957
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Full name
- Johann Jakob Hildenbrand.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Honours
- court photographer.
- Languages
- German.
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Hans Hildenbrand (1870–1957) was a German photographer who was famous for taking color photographs during World War I. His French counterpart is considered Jules Gervais-Courtellemont. Hildenbrand published articles to the art and design magazine Bauhaus in the late 1920s. He worked as a photographer for National Geographic after the war.
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• Name — Hans Hildenbrand • Born — 1870 • Birthplace — Bad Boll, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire • Died — 1957 • Occupation — Photographer
Exhibitions and book
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Together with pictures of his French colleague Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, Hildenbrand's war photographs were on display in 2009 in the exhibition "Endzeit Europa" in the Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum in Rheinsberg and then in the House of Brandenburg-Prussian History in Potsdam. The exhibition was to be shown at a total of five German locations (in addition to Rheinsberg and Potsdam, Finsterwalde, Erkner and Oranienburg) and five French locations. A book containing a collection of statements by contemporary witnesses was published to accompany the exhibition. As early as 2007, on the occasion of the centenary of color photography, numerous pictures by Hildenbrand were shown in the Municipal Gallery of Erlangen. The large monograph Hans Hildenbrand was published in autumn 2018. Court photographer and pioneer of early color photography, published by the House of History, Baden-Württemberg. From March 31, 2019, the Stadthaus Ulm showed the exhibition "It's getting colorful! Hans Hildenbrand and the first color photos of Ulm."
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Hans Hildenbrand is recorded with the occupation war photographer. Recorded as photographer, journalist and photojournalist.
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1870
Hans Hildenbrand was born on 1 January 1870.
1957
Hans Hildenbrand died on 2 January 1957.
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- 1.Color photographs from World War I
- 2.T'ai Smith. Limits of the Tactile and the Optical: Bauhaus Fabric in the Frame of Photography. Grey Room. 25. 29. Fall 2006. 10.1162/grey.2006.1.25.6.
- 3.Die Farbe des Krieges
- 4.Stadt Ulm - Es wird bunt!. 2019-04-02.
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Hans Hildenbrand was recorded at birth as Johann Jakob Hildenbrand. The authorities additionally record the headings Jakob Hildenbrand and Johann Jakob Hildenbrand. His recorded language was German. Hildenbrand received court photographer.
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