Käthe Buchler (1876–1930) was a German photographer.

Biography

Buchler née von Rhamm was born on 11 October 1876 in

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, Germany. A self-taught photographer, her husband gave Buchler her first camera (a binocular

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) in 1901. During

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Buchler recorded daily life in Braunschweig including war efforts, orphaned children, and wounded soldiers. Buchler worked mainly with black and white film but also experimented with the new Autochrome process. Buchler died on 14 September 1930 in Brunswick. In 2003 the archive of 1,000 black and white prints and 175 color autochrome plates was donated to the ' (Museum of Photography Braunschweig). In 2017 and 2018 an exhibition of Buchler's work ''Beyond the Battlefields:Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War'' was shown at the

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and the

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Gallery

Käthe Buchler – Braunschweig in World War I (2).jpg, Braunschweig in World War I Käthe Buchler - “Woman train conductors” in Braunschweig.jpg, ''Women train conductors in Braunschweig'' Käthe Buchler – Braunschweig in World War I (5).jpg, Braunschweig in World War I Käthe Buchler – Braunschweig in World War I (1).jpg, Braunschweig in World War I

References

External links

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Die Welt in Farbe. Käthe Buchler – Autochrome 1913 bis 1930.
' (The world in color. Käthe Buchler - Autochrome 1913 to 1930.) Museum für Photographie Braunschweig {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchler, Käthe 1876 births 1930 deaths Artists from Braunschweig German women photographers 20th-century German women artists