Käthe Buchler (1876–1930) was a German photographer.
Käthe Buchler | |
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 self-portrait, c. 1905 | |
| Born | Katharina von Rhamm 11 October 1876 Braunschweig, Germany |
| Died | 14 September 1930 (aged 53) Braunschweig, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | Katharina Buchler |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse | Walther Buchler[1] |
Biography
editBuchler née von Rhamm was born on 11 October 1876 in Braunschweig, Germany.[2] A self-taught photographer, her husband gave Buchler her first camera (a binocular Voigtländer)[1] in 1901.[3] During World War I Buchler recorded daily life in Braunschweig including war efforts, orphaned children, and wounded soldiers.[4] Buchler worked mainly with black and white film but also experimented with the new Autochrome process.[5]
Buchler died on 14 September 1930 in Brunswick.[2] In 2003 the archive of 1,000 black and white prints and 175 color autochrome plates was donated to the Museum für Photographie (Braunschweig) (Museum of Photography Braunschweig).[3] 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 University of Hertfordshire and the University of Birmingham.[6]
Gallery
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Braunschweig in World War I -
Women train conductors in Braunschweig -
Braunschweig in World War I -
Braunschweig in World War I
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References
edit- ^ a b "Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". The Iron Room. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Käthe Buchler". Photographers’ Identities Catalog. The New York Public Library. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Gallery for Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". Arts and Humanities Research Council. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Cowan, Katy (30 January 2018). "Beyond the Battlefields reveals life on the German home front during the First World War". Creative Boom. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Del Rio Martinez, Pierangelly (9 February 2018). "Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". aAh! Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Beyond the Battlefields Exhibitions and Events | Voices of War and Peace". Voices of War and Peace. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
External links
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Media related to Käthe Buchler at Wikimedia Commons- Die Welt in Farbe. Käthe Buchler – Autochrome 1913 bis 1930. (The world in color. Käthe Buchler - Autochrome 1913 to 1930.) Museum für Photographie Braunschweig
