August Sander
![August Sander. Photographer [August Sander]. 1925. Gelatin silver print, 10 3/16 x 7 3/8" (25.8 x 18.7 cm). Acquired through the generosity of the family of August Sander. © 2016 Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur - August Sander Archiv, Cologne/ARS, NY](/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDUvMjcvNWFyZHo3cWc5MF81MTQ1XzU1OTM2NV9zYW5kZXJfY3JvcC5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJjb252ZXJ0IiwiLXF1YWxpdHkgOTAgLXJlc2l6ZSA1MTJ4NTEyXHUwMDNlIl1d/5145_559365_sander_crop.jpg?sha=2f21ff9940e45d2f)
- Introduction
- August Sander (17 November 1876 – 20 April 1964) was a German portrait and documentary photographer. Sander's first book Face of our Time (German: Antlitz der Zeit) was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century."
- Wikidata
- Q61530
- Introduction
- Developed an interest in photography through work in photographic firms in Berlin, Magdeburg, Halle and Dresden, Germany, 1898-1899. In 1901, went to Linz, Germany, where he first worked in Greif Studio, which he ran from 1902 to 1904 with his partner Franz Stukenberg as the Studio Sander & Stukenberg. Founded the Studio August Sander für Kunstphotographie und Malerei, 1904. Sold the studio in 1909 and returned to Cologne, Germany, where he ran the Studio Blumberg & Hermann. Founded his own studio in Lindenthal, Germany, 1910. In 1910 started his major project, "Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts", with which he was involved until the 1950s with an interruption between 1933 and 1939. "Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts" was published in Munich in 1980. Worked mainly on the themes of the Rhine countryside and the city of Cologne, 1933-1939. These photographs were published in book form in 1975. After the demolition of his studio by bombing in 1944, retired to Kuchhausen in Westerwald, Germany, where he carried on his work. Honorary member, Dweutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, 1961.
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Photographer
- Names
- August Sander, Auguste Sander, Avgust Zander
- Ulan
- 500008096
Exhibitions
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510: A Modern Media World
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection,
1909–1949 Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015
MoMA
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The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook
Apr 16, 2012–Apr 21, 2013
MoMA
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Photography Rotation 8
May 13, 2011–Mar 12, 2012
MoMA
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Photography Collection: Rotation 6
Aug 7, 2009–Mar 22, 2010
MoMA
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August Sander has
32 exhibitionsonline.
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August Sander The Siebengebirge 1932
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August Sander View of the Rhine from the Erpeler Ley 1935
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August Sander Untitled 1938
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August Sander Cologne in the Morning Hours 1938
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August Sander The Harbor, Warehouses and the Cathedral 1938
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August Sander Political Prisoner [Erich Sander] 1943
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August Sander Political Prisoner c. 1942
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1943
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1943
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander Political Prisoner 1941-44
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August Sander The Spiritual Woman 1947
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August Sander I/1 The Young Farmer from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander I/2 The Farmer’s Child and the Mother from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander I/3 The Farmer’s Family from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander I/4 The Farmer – His Life and Work from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander I/5 Farming Types from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander I/6 The Small-town Dweller from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander I/7 Sport from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander II/8 The Master Craftsman from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander II/9 The Industrialist from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander II/10 The Worker – His Life and Work from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander II/11 Working Types – Physical and Intellectual from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander II/12 The Technician and Inventor from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander III/13 Woman and Man from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander III/14 Woman and Child from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander III/15 The Family from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander III/16 The Elegant Woman from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander III/17 The Woman in Intellectual and Practical Occupation from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/18 The Student from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/19 The Scholar from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/20 The Official from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/21 The Doctor and the Pharmacist from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/22 The Judge and the Attorney from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/23 The Soldier from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander _IV/23a_ The National Socialist _from_ People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/24 The Aristocrat from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/25 The Clergyman from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/26 The Teacher and Educator from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/27 The Businessman from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander IV/28 The Politician from People of the Twentieth Century
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August Sander V/29 The Writer from People of the Twentieth Century, _V/29_ The Writer _from_ People of the Twentieth Century
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