Wikipedia entry
Introduction
Albert Renger-Patzsch (June 22, 1897 – September 27, 1966) was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity.
Wikidata
Q62002
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Getty record
Introduction
Born 22 June 1897; died 27 September 1966. In 1922 Renger-Patzsch became the director of the picture department of the Folkwang Archive and the Auriga Verlag. In 1923 he headed the department of Visual Propaganda in Berlin, Germany. From 1925 to 1928 Renger-Patzsch set up a studio in Bad Harzburg, Germany and worked as a freelance photographer producing documentary and press photographs. In 1928 Renger-Patzsch moved to Essen, Germany, and from 1933 to 1934 he taught at and ran the Pictorialist Photography department at the Folkwangschule there. From 1940 to 1944 Renger- Patzsch worked as a war correspondent. In 1945 Renger-Patzsch moved to Wamel bei Soest where he devoted most of his time to landscape photography. German photographer.
Nationality
German
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Teacher, Photojournalist, Photographer
Names
Albert Renger-Patzsch, Albert Renger- Patzsch, Albert Renger
Ulan
500002292
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Works

15 works online

Exhibitions

Publications

  • Photography at MoMA: 1920 to 1960 Hardcover, 416 pages
  • The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 152 pages
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