Franz Roh

About the Artist

Lucia Moholy. Franz Roh. 1926. Gelatin silver print, 14 11/16 x 10 15/16" (37.3 x 27.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund. Digital image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Meeting Points

Publications Foto-Auge, 1929

Artist Chronology

February 21, 1890	Born At location: Franz Roh	Apolda
1915–18	Studies 17th-century Dutch painting under the supervision of Heinrich Wölfflin in preparation for his doctoral degree At location: Franz Roh	Munich
1920–65	Writes art criticism for Cicerone, Das Kunstblatt, and Die Kunst Contributor: Franz Roh	Munich Berlin Bremen
1925	Publishes Nachexpressionismus - Magischer Realismus Contributor: Franz Roh	Leipzig
Late 1920s	Franz Roh travels to the Bauhaus; László Moholy-Nagy encourages him to experiment and create his own photographs At location: László Moholy-Nagy, Franz Roh	Dessau
1928	Franz Roh publishes an article about Aenne Biermann's work in Das Kunstblatt Affiliated: Aenne Biermann Contributor: Franz Roh	Weimar
1929	Franz Roh publishes Foto-Auge: 76 Fotos der Zeit Contributor: Herbert Bayer, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Franz Roh, Semyon Fridlyand, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, J. Jay Hirz	Stuttgart
1930	Franz Roh publishes L. Moholy-Nagy: 60 Fotos, a monograph on László Moholy-Nagy, as part of the Fototek series Contributor: László Moholy-Nagy, Franz Roh	Berlin
1930	Franz Roh publishes 60 Fotografien, a monograph on Aenne Biermann, as part of the Fototek series Affiliated: Aenne Biermann Contributor: Franz Roh	Berlin
1930	Begins publishing Fotothek, a series of books dedicated to new photography Contributor: Franz Roh	Munich
June–September 1930	Das Lichtbild exhibition Participant: Aenne Biermann, Bill Brandt, Max Burchartz, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, Walter A. Peterhans, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, Franz Roh, Marianne Breslauer, Alexander Hackenschmied, Edmund Kesting, Jean Moral, Willy Zielke, Lore Feininger, Hans Finsler	Munich
December 1931	Internationale Fotoausstellung im Kunstgewerbemuseum Participant: Franz Roh	Breslau
July 2–31, 1932	Exposition internationale de la photographie at the Palais des Beaux-Arts Participant: Aenne Biermann, André Kertész, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Franz Roh, Lee Miller, Sasha Stone Organizer: Cami Stone	Brussels
1933–45	During World War II he is considered a degenerate artist and is prohibited from publishing or exhibiting At location: Franz Roh	Munich
Mid 1933	Interned at Dachau concentration camp because he championed artists associated with degenerate art in the book Foto-Auge; released after three months At location: Franz Roh	Dachau
April 6–30, 1934	The Modern Spirit in Photography and Advertising at the Royal Photographic Society Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Franz Roh, Marianne Breslauer	London
1935	Raoul Ubac, Franz Roh, and Florence Henri publish photographs in Formes Neues Contributor: Florence Henri, Raoul Ubac, Franz Roh	Paris
1945–65	Returns to writing art criticism after the war; contributes to Neue Zeitung Contributor: Franz Roh	Munich
1945–65	Works as a professor at the Kunstschule in Saarbrücken and at the Universität München At location: Franz Roh	Munich Saarbrücken
1948	Publishes Der Verkannte Künstler, composed of clandestine texts written during the years of the Nazi regime Contributor: Franz Roh	Munich
1948–65	Works as co-editor of Die Kunst und das Schöne Heim At location: Franz Roh	Munich
1951	Becomes president of the Art Critics' Association in Germany At location: Franz Roh	Munich
December 30, 1965	Dies At location: Franz Roh	Munich