HERMANN SCHIEBERTH (1876–1948) | Karl Kraus, Vienna 1919 | Vintage brome-silver print, brown-toned, double-weight matte paper, mounted on the original mat 25,4 x 17,3 cm, in excellent condition 22 x 16 cm Photographer’s blindstamp in the image lower right, signed and dated in pencil on the mat, handwritten annotations on the reverse The portrait of the eloquent critic and writer Karl Kraus was taken shortly after the publication of his main work “The Last Days of Mankind”. Hermann Schieberth ran his renowned portrait studio at Opernring 11 (then Kaiser Karl-Ring) in Vienna. Trude Fleischmann, who completed her practical training with Schieberth, also portrayed Kraus several times in the following years. Das Porträt des sprachgewaltigen Kritikers und Schriftstellers Karl Kraus entstand kurz nach Erscheinen seines Hauptwerkes “Die letzten Tage der Menschheit”. Hermann Schieberth betrieb sein renommiertes Porträtstudio am Wiener Opernring 11 (damals Kaiser Karl-Ring). Trude Fleischmann, die bei Schieberth ihre praktische Ausbildung absolvierte, porträtierte Kraus wenig später ebenfalls.
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