Biografie von Karl BLOSSFELDT (1865-1932)
Personal data
Birth : 1865 - Schielo Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Death : 1932 - Berlin, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany
Education
HdK Hochschule der Künste Berlin – Ernst Reuter Platz 10 – Berlin, Germany
Professional data
Work and Life
1881 – 1884:Sculptor Apprenticeship in a Foundry, Germany
Various study travels around the Mediteranean sea area
Took the first photographies of alive plants
Other professions
Professor
KHB Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee – Hochschule für Gestaltung – Bühringstrasse 20 – Berlin, Germany
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze
Photography : Bromoil gelatin silver print - Gelatin silver print - Photogravure - Vintage bromoil gelatin silver print
Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour
Subject
documentationflowers
nature
plants
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Berinson – Auguststrasse 22 – Berlin, Germany
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Berinson – Auguststrasse 22 – Berlin, Germany
AIPAD Photography Show
Americas Hall – New York NY, United States
02/15/2002 – 02/17/2002
Represented by : Gary Edwards Gallery – 9 Hillyer Court, North West – Washington DC, United States
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Gary Edwards Gallery – 9 Hillyer Court, North West – Washington DC, United States
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Lisa Sette Gallery – 4142 North Marshall Way – Scottsdale AZ, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : Gallery Luisotti – Bergamot Station, Building #A-2 2525 Michigan Avenue – Santa Monica CA, United States
photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/20/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Robert Klein Gallery – 4th floor 38 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2000
8th International Month of Photography Fotofest
Houston TX, United States
2000
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Dictionaries
2001
Dictionnaire Mondial de la Photographie
Publisher: Larousse – 21 rue du Montparnasse – Paris, France
Author: Collectif
2001
ISBN : 2037500149
Exhibition catalogues
2000
FotoFest
Publisher: Fotofest Inc. – 1113 Vine Street #101 – Houston TX, United States
2000
ISBN : 0961976667