Discover photographer, purveyor to the Royal Household, exhibition curator Friedrich Julius von Kolkow

Qualifications: photographer, purveyor to the Royal Household, exhibition curator
maakte als een van de eersten een tentoonstelling over de geschiedenis van de fotografie (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984-); used the title ‘purveyor to Prince Hendrik’ from 1873 (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984-), received permission to use the title ‘purveyor to King Willem III’ and his coat of arms on 19-2-1878 (Royal House Archives, EIb-IVa-5, p. 117, nr 7)

Nationality/school: Dutch, German

Born: Gdańsk 1839-07-31

Deceased: Groningen (city) 1914-08-04

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woonde op hetzelfde adres als Hunerjäger (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984–) ; E.D.H. Schutter is lithographer and later photographer with 'Von Kolkow & Co.' in Groningen (Wachlin 2011)

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Period of activity: 1863 - 1913
actief als fotograaf

Active in

Hamburg (stad) 1863 - 1864
afkomstig uit Hamburg (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984–)
Groningen (stad) 1864 - 1913
vestigde in 1864 fotografisch bedrijf Von Kolkow & Co. met Schutter en Braaksma; in 1869 begon Von Kolkow een eigen atelier (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984–) adressen te Groningen: Oude Boteringestraat A 226 (1863- ) ; Oude Boteringestraat K 62 (1865) ; Oosterstraat E 204a (1880) ; Kreupelstraatje (Grote Markt) B 6c (1884-1896) ; (Wachlin 2011)

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Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: cityscape, portrait photography, architectural photography, microphotography, science photography

Medium/technique: albumen process, photolithograph, stereoscopic photography
experimenteerde met kleurenfotografie (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984-)
Product: carte-de-visite, cabinet photograph

Member of

Nederlandsche Fotografen Kunstkring (NFK)
vanaf 1906

Literature

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Leijerzapf et al. 1984- , vol. 4 (aflevering 16 Geschiedenis Nederlandse Fotografie) (as: Kolkow, Friedrich Julius von)
Wachlin 2011 , vol. 1, p. 312-313 (as: Kolkow, Friedrich Julius von)

A.T. Schuitema Meijer, ‘Fotograferen in het 19e eeuwse Groningen’, in: Groningse Volksalmanak, 1961, p. 144-148
Geschiedenis van de Ned. Architectuurfotografie (1989) (NFM)
Henk Wierts, ‘Photographieën & Dynastieën. Beroepsfotografie in Groningen 1842-1940’, Bedum, 2000, p. 131
'Groningen objectief bekeken. Fotografische Stadsgezichten door Friedrich Julius von Kolkow (1839-1914)', Catalogus (Groningen 2000).
J. de Zoete, 'Een juweeltje voor het museum. Friedrich Julius von Kolkow en zijn experimenten in de fotogalvanografie', Fotografisch geheugen nr. 65, winter 2009-2010, p. 12-15

Documentatie fotocollectie Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden

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Bij het Iconografisch Bureau als: Kolkow, Friedrich Julius von

External links: http://fotografen.nl/nl/component/nfm_fotografen/fotograaf/id/202428
http://journal.scherptediepte.eu/vol08/nr16/f03/nl

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Creation date: 2000-02-01; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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