Moriz Nähr (born 4 August 1859 in
Vienna; died 29 June 1945 in
Vienna) was an
Austrian
photographer.
Nähr was a friend of the members of the
Vienna Secession art group. He is best known for his portraits of
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...
,
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
, and
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Portraits
File:Austrian symbolist painter - Gustav Klimt.jpg, Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...
File:Ludwig Wittgenstein (cropped).jpg, Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein
File:Secession Group, Wien 1902.png, Secession Group, Vienna, 1902
File:Photo of Gustav Mahler by Moritz Nähr 01a.jpg, Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
File:Grete Wiesenthal by Moritz Nähr.jpg, Grete Wiesenthal
Grete Wiesenthal (9 December 1885 – 22 June 1970) was an Austrian dancer, actor, choreographer, and dance teacher. She transformed the Viennese Waltz from a staple of the ballroom into a wildly ecstatic dance. She was trained at the Vienna Cour ...
, 1906/8
References
Further reading
* Václav Macek: ''The History of European Photography. 1900-1938'', Bratislava 2010, .
External links
A lengthy exchange over the copyright of some Wittgenstein imagesthat contains some data on Nähr at the very bottom.
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European Society for the History of Photography
The European Society for the History of Photography (ESHPh), founded in 1978, is a society concerned with the historical events within photography from a European perspective.
The ESHPh publicly hosts symposia, publishes journals, and distribute ...
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Moriz NährMoriz Nähr Catalogue Raisonné
1859 births
1945 deaths
Austrian photographers
Photographers from Austria-Hungary
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