Käthe Buchler

Käthe Buchler
self-portrait, c. 1905
Born
Katharina von Rhamm

(1876-10-11)11 October 1876
Braunschweig, Germany
Died14 September 1930(1930-09-14) (aged 53)
Braunschweig, Germany
NationalityGerman
Other namesKatharina Buchler
Known forPhotography
SpouseWalther Buchler[1]

Käthe Buchler (1876–1930) was a German photographer.

Biography

Buchler née von Rhamm was born on 11 October 1876 in Braunschweig, Germany.[2] A self-taught photographer, her husband gave Buchler her first camera (a binocular Voigtländer)[1] in 1901.[3] During World War I Buchler recorded daily life in Braunschweig including war efforts, orphaned children, and wounded soldiers.[4] Buchler worked mainly with black and white film but also experimented with the new Autochrome process.[5]

Buchler died on 14 September 1930 in Brunswick.[2] In 2003 the archive of 1,000 black and white prints and 175 color autochrome plates was donated to the Museum für Photographie (Braunschweig) [de] (Museum of Photography Braunschweig).[3] In 2017 and 2018 an exhibition of Buchler's work Beyond the Battlefields:Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War was shown at the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Birmingham.[6]

  • Braunschweig in World War I
    Braunschweig in World War I
  • Women train conductors in Braunschweig
    Women train conductors in Braunschweig
  • Braunschweig in World War I
    Braunschweig in World War I
  • Braunschweig in World War I
    Braunschweig in World War I

References

  1. ^ a b "Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". The Iron Room. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Käthe Buchler". Photographers’ Identities Catalog. The New York Public Library. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Gallery for Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". Arts and Humanities Research Council. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ Cowan, Katy (30 January 2018). "Beyond the Battlefields reveals life on the German home front during the First World War". Creative Boom. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ Del Rio Martinez, Pierangelly (9 February 2018). "Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". aAh! Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Beyond the Battlefields Exhibitions and Events | Voices of War and Peace". Voices of War and Peace. Retrieved 14 May 2021.