Chargesheimer (Karl Hargesheimer) (1924 - 1971)

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Chargesheimer (Karl Hargesheimer)
'De Möp', 1950s, 'Blick von St. Andreas', 1957 and Children in carnival in Cologne, 1960s

3 vintage silver prints. The first signed in ink and in pencil and annotated extensively in ink on the reverse. The second signed and titled in ink on the reverse, the third signed in pencil on the reverse.

Provenance

From the artist directly to the present owner.

Literature

Chargesheimer 1957 cover ill.; Chargesheimer 1990 s.p.; von Dewitz B. 2007 p.4. (all: View from St. Andreas, Cologne).

Catalogue Note

Born into a wealthy family in Cologne, Karl Hargesheimer (who chose to call himself 'Chargesheimer'), studied applied arts and photography and started out as a freelance theatre photographer. After the war, he became well-known as a journalistic and commercial photographer in West Germany. From 1950, Chargesheimer was concerned with experimental photography and called his lyric, gestural pictures "Gelatinesilbermalereien". In 1952, he concentrated on surrealistic photomontages; from 1955 on photojournalism. In the 1960s he worked as a stage designer and director (as well as a theatre photographer) in Cologne. In the latter period of his life he created strange kinetic objects which he called "Meditationsmühlen". Chargesheimer committed suicide in 1971. The Chargesheimer estate is preserved in The Museum Ludwig in Cologne.