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Ludwig Angerer (August 15, 1827 – May 12, 1879) was an Austrian photographer who founded the first photo studio in
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and was appointed k.k. court photographer by Emperor
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. He is also known for taking some of the earliest photographs of
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Biography

Born in Malacka in the Habsburg
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(present-day Malacky,
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), the son of a forester, Angerer studied pharmacy and chemistry at the
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. Starting 1848, for two years, he was a pharmacist apprentice, after which, at the age of 23, he gained a license in pharmacy, with the title of ''magister''. Between 1850 and 1854, he worked as a pharmacist in Vienna and
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.Margareta Savin, "Ludwig Angerer, unul din primii fotografi ai Bucureștilor", in ''București: Materiale de Istorie și Muzeografie'', VI/1968. On March 13, 1854, Angerer joined the army, becoming a military pharmacist at the Military Medicine Department and in 1856, he came to Bucharest with the Austrian occupation troops, working at the
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of the Austrian troops. During the two years he spent in Bucharest, apart from his pharmacist duties, during his spare time, Angerer practiced photography, taking some of the earliest photos of Bucharest, showing parts of the city before they were redeveloped during the late 19th century. After the Austrian troops retreated in March 1857, Angerer returned to Vienna, where, a year later (on April 13, 1858), he resigned from the Army to focus on photography, opening his own studio. Just two years later, on December 24, 1860, he became the photographer of the Imperial Court in Vienna.


Photos


Bucharest

File:Angerer - Piaţa sf. Anton, 1856.jpg, Bucharest flower market File:Angerer - Podul Mogoşoaiei.jpg, Podul Mogoșoaiei File:Angerer - Mahalaua Antim 1856.jpg, Antim Neighbourhood File:Angerer - Turnul Colţea.png, Colțea Tower


Portraits

File:Elisabeth, Kaiserin von Österreich.jpg,
Empress Elisabeth of Austria Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and List of Hungarian consorts, Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austri ...
File:Angerer, Ludwig (1827-1879) - Franz Joseph d'Asburgo.jpg,
Franz Joseph Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...
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Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...


References


External links


Ludwig Angerer at Monoskop.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angerer, Ludwig 1827 births 1879 deaths People from Malacky 19th-century Austrian photographers History of Bucharest Purveyors to the Imperial and Royal Court Eötvös Loránd University alumni