- Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt (1865 – 1932) was a German
photographer , sculptor, teacher, and artist who worked in Berlin, Germany. He is famous for his close up photographs of plants.Biography
Karl Blossfeldt was born on June 13, 1865 in
Schielo ,Unterharz ,Germany .He worked as an apprentice in artistic forms of iron casting at the iron foundry in
Mägdesprung between 1881 and 1883; and studied art at the Institute of Royal Arts and Crafts Museum (later named College of Fine Arts, or "Hochschule für Bildende Künste") in Berlin between 1884 and 1890.In 1890-1896 he participated in a project in
Italy , run byMoritz Meurer , collecting plant material for drawing classes. During this period Blossfeldt started systematically documenting plant samples photographically. Some of his photographs appear in Meurer’s publications at the turn of the century.In 1898 he married Maria Plank. The marriage ended with a divorce in 1910.
He started teaching at the Institute of Royal Arts and Crafts Museum in Berlin in 1898, and continued working there as a professor from 1921 until 1930.
In 1912 he married opera singer Helene Wegener.
His first exhibition was held in 1926 at the Nierendorf Gallery in
Berlin ; and published the book "Urformen der Kunst" in 1928, which was highly appriciated by both critics and public.On December 9, 1932 he died in Berlin [Adam, Hans Christian; "Karl Blossfeldt"; Taschen 2008, Köln] .
His projects were plants and living things
Gallery
References
External links
* [http://www.karl-blossfeldt-archiv.de Website Karl-Blossfeldt-Archiv (parts of this page are in English)]
* [http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/blossfeldt/index.htm The Complete Portfolio]
* [http://cwfp.biz/cgi-bin/se/blossfeldt_urformen/tm.pl?idx&14_BlossfeldtUrformen Blossfeldt's Urformen der Kunst]
* [http://masters-of-photography.com/B/blossfeldt/blossfeldt.html Masters of Photography article]
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