Werner Graeff
author · photographer
Werner Graeff (1901–1978) was a German artist, photographer, and inventor who studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar starting in 1921. He was a member of the De Stijl movement and worked extensively with the Werkbund. In 1929, he published 'Es kommt der neue Fotograf!', a landmark handbook on modern photography commissioned for the Werkbund exhibition 'Film und Foto' in Stuttgart. Graeff became a prominent photography educator, teaching at the Reimann School in Berlin (1930–1932) and later founding his own school in Berlin before emigrating to Spain in 1934 due to the rise of National Socialism. He eventually settled in Switzerland, where he opened the 'Fotoschule Locarno' in 1940 with Anne de Montet. Beyond photography education, Graeff was an inventor who developed and patented a miniature camera (the 'Graeff' camera) between 1942 and 1954. He also worked as a painter and sculptor.[1,2,3,4,5]
- Modernist Photography
- Photography Education
- De Stijl
- Miniature Cameras
Books
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Es Kommt Der Neue Fotograf!€160.00
Works by Werner Graeff
- 1929 Es kommt der neue Fotograf! First edition published in Berlin.
- 1930 So sollten Sie fotografieren lernen: ein Foto-Lehrbuch für Anfänger
- 1942 Kamera und Auge Published in Basel.
References
- Werner Graeff link
- Jessica Neugebauer-Boscheck. Es kommt der neue Fotograf! — Werner Graeff und die Fotografie. Museum Wiesbaden. 2024 link
- Der Bauhauskünstler Werner Graeff – De 'Stijl und Informel. Staatskanzlei Hessen link
- Biografie-Detail: Person Graeff Werner. Bauhaus Kooperation link
- Werner Graeff. Gallerease link
- Werner Graeff. Fresko Magazin link
- Werner Graeff - Works, prices, biography. Lempertz link