Franz Hanfstaengl Art Publishing House
German, active 1853 - 1930
Franz Hanfstaengl (Photographer), Kunstverlag Franz Hanfstaengl (Publisher)
Summary:Photographic reproductions of paintings, mostly by mid- to late-19th century German, French, and British artists. Includes various works by Jean-François Millet, Constant Troyon, and other Realist painters; portraits; and religious subjects, including a series of paintings depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
1890-1930
Edgar Hanfstaengl (15 July 1842, in Munich – 28 May 1910, in Munich) was a chief clerk, commercial purchaser and art publisher. He was significantly the son of a famous Bavarian court photographer who was connected with the circle of Ludwig II and became a close confidant of Duchess Sophie in Bavaria. He was also the father of the political figure Ernst Hanfstaengl.
Edgar Hanfstaengl was born in Munich, the son of the photographer Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877) and his first wife Franziska Wegmeier (1809–1860). Edgar completed a training as commercial purchaser in Stettin and with a London wholesaler. At the beginning of the 1860s Edgar set out for Asia, to work as financial clerk to the Clark Tea Wholesaler's Company. In 1867 he returned to Munich to his father's Art business, where he was put to work as head clerk. In the same year he embarked upon a love-affair with the fiancée of Ludwig II of Bavaria, Duchess Sophie in Bavaria. On 12 November 1868 Edgar took over the photographic workshop and expanded the business to the Franz Hanfstaengl Art Publishing House…. The eldest son Edgar from 1907 took control of his father's Art business.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Hanfstaengl accessed 9/27/24
See also https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2020/04/house-of-hanfstaengl-munich-and-manhattan/
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Hanfst%C3%A4ngl,_Franz
Person TypeInstitution
Last Updated10/12/24
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Munich, 1864 - 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Hamburg, Germany, 1809 - 1847, Leipzig, Germany
Boston, 1848 - 1913, Vevey, Switzerland
