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Hugo Erfurth
Hugo Erfurth (14 October 1874 – 14 February 1948) was a German photographer known for his portraits of celebrities and cultural figures of the early twentieth century.
Life.
Life Early years.
Erfurth was born in Halle (Saale), Germany. He grew up on his parents’ farm in Schönau and visited a parish school in Niederschonal in 1883.
By 1884, Erfurth was at school in Dresden. From 1892 to 1896, he studied painting at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In
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Impact.
The city of Leverkusen and the local company Agfa, which is known mainly for the production of photographic films, sponsored an international prize for photography which bears his name.
See also.
- Pictorialism
- Portrait photography
External links.
- Hugo Erfurth in the Deutsche Fotothek catalogue
- Hugo Erfurth at the Museum of Modern Art
- Hugo Erfurth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art