Käthe Buchler

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

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]

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) (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. "Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler's Photographs of Germany in the Great War". The Iron Room. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. "Käthe Buchler". Photographers’ Identities Catalog. The New York Public Library. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. "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.
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