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Emil Mayer

Dr. Emil Mayer
FRPS
Dr. Emil Mayer FRPS
	Portrait of Dr. Emil Mayer
Born	October 3, 1871; Neubydzow, Bohemia
Died	8 June 1938 (aged 66); Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Education	University of Vienna
Known for	Photography
Movement	Pictorialism
Spouse	Elisabeth Deutsch (March 18, 1882 – June 8, 1938) (m. 1903; died 1938)
Elected	Wiener Amateur-Photographen-Klubs (President, 1907 – 1927); Royal Photographic Society (Member, 1926; Fellow, 1927); Photographic Society of Philadelphia (Honorary Member, 13 December 1927) ;

Dr. Emil Mayer FRPS (October 3, 1871 – June 8, 1938) was an Austrian amateurphotographer, lawyer, inventor, and businessperson. Mayer considered to be one of the best practitioners of bromoil transfers process and he published one of the essential manuals on the process 1912. Shortly after the Nazi occupation of Vienna, Mayer and his wife Elisabeth, died by suicide on June 8, 1938. Most of his work was subsequently confiscated and destroyed.

Biography

Early life

Emil Mayer was born on October 3, 1871 in Neubydzow, Bohemia (now Nový Bydžov, Czech Republic) to Leopold and Anna Mayer.^[4] In the summer of 1882, Mayer moved with his family to Vienna, Austria where “his father set up business as a merchant.”^[5]

From 1891 to 1896, Mayer studied law at the University of Vienna where he earned the juris doctorate on June 27, 1896.

Personal life

While still a student, Mayer left the Jewish community and converted to Catholicism. On March 8, 1894, he was baptized at the Johann Nepomuk Church (Leopoldstadt) [de] under the name Robert Emil.^[4] The painter Max von Esterle [de] was his godfather.^[4]

Marriage

On June 6, 1903, he married Elisabeth Deutsch (March 18, 1882 – June 8, 1938).^[6]

Death

To escape persecution from the Nazi regime after the annexation of Austria in March 1938, Mayer and his wife died by suicide in their home (BöcklinStraße 12) in Vienna on June 8, 1938.^[7]^[6]

Career

After Mayer completed his studies at the University of Vienna, he established a law practice at Salvatorgasse 10 in Vienna.^[4]

Mayer's first experience in photography was as an amateur and he was a member of several Viennese photographer associations that focused on artistic photography. His artistic photos include documentary images of Wienerstraße images.^[8]

Mayer was a honorary member of many domestic and foreign photographers' clubs. He also authored a textbook and was awarded several patents for photographic devices.^[9]

DREM-Zentrale

Finally, Mayer left this he law firm and founded a photographic technology company DREM-Zentrale with Nikolaus Benedik.^[10] The company's name was an abbreviation of DR. E. Mayer. International branches of the company included, DREM Products Corporation in New York and DREM Products Ltd. in London, England.^[11]^[4]

Published works

Honors, awards and distinctions

Photographic Society of Philadelphia – Honorary Member, December 13, 1927

Gallery

Kaffeehausrunde, Babenbergerstrasse, Vienna. (Reflection of Emil Mayer in window).
Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Stock im Eisen Platz, Vienna
Vor dem Juweliergeschäft, Graben 7, Vienna
Fiaker und Wasserer vor dem Kodak-Geschäft Graben 29, Vienna
Plakatankleber, Vienna
Dienstbotin und Soldaten am Radetzkyplatz, Vienna
„Mistbauer“ bei der Müllbeseitigung, Vienna
Stock-im-Eisen-Platz, Vienna

Notes and references

Notes

^ Brandstätter, Christian; Hubmann, Franz (1995). Damals in Wien: Menschen um Die Jahrhundertwende Photographiert von Dr. Emil Mayer = Back Then in Vienna: People Around the Turn of the Century. Wien: Jüdisches Museum Wien / Verlag Christian Brandstätter. ISBN 3-85447-532-2.
^ "The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain: List of Honorary Members, Fellow, Associates, and Members, 1937", The Photographic Journal, 77: 26, 1937
^ "Photographic Society of Philadelphia". Camera Craft. Vol. 34, no. 3. March 1927. p. 148.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Brandstätter, Christian; Hubmann, Franz (1995). Damals in Wien: Menschen um die Jahrhundertwende [Back Then in Vienna: People Around the Turn of the Century] (Exhibition catalog) (in German) (1st ed.). Wien: C. Brandstätter. p. 172. ISBN 9783854475323. OCLC 33901526.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Rosser, Edward (1999). Viennese Types = Wiener Typen (1st ed.). Lexington, MA: Blind River Editions. p. 10. ISBN 0-9672975-0-8. OCLC 43985605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ ^a ^b Auer, Anna (1997). Übersee: Flucht und Emigration Österreichischer Fotografen 1920-1940 = Exodus from Austria, Emigration of Austrian Photographers 1920-1940 (Exhibition catalog). Wien: Kunsthalle Wien. pp. 174–6. OCLC 1084850290.
^ ÖBL
^ Brandstätter
^ The Oxford companion to the photograph. Robin Lenman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-19-866271-8. OCLC 60793923.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ÖBL
^ ÖBL

References

Auer, Anna (1997). Übersee: Flucht und Emigration Österreichischer Fotografen 1920-1940 = Exodus from Austria, Emigration of Austrian Photographers 1920-1940. Wien: Kunsthalle Wien. OCLC 1084850290.

Brandstätter, Christian; Hubmann, Franz (1995). Damals in Wien: Menschen um Die Jahrhundertwende Photographiert von Dr. Emil Mayer = Back Then in Vienna: People Around the Turn of the Century. Wien: Jüdisches Museum Wien / Verlag Christian Brandstätter. ISBN 3-85447-532-2.

Rosser, Edward (1999). Viennese Types = Wiener Typen. New York: Blind River Editions. ISBN 0-9672975-0-8.

"The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain: List of Honorary Members, Fellow, Associates, and Members, 1937", The Photographic Journal, 77: 26, 1937

"Photographic Society of Philadelphia". Camera Craft. Vol. 34, no. 3. March 1927. p. 148.

Lenman, Robin (2005). "Mayer, Emil (1871–1938)". The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. Oxford University Press.

External links

Durstmüller: "Mayer, Emil". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 5, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1972, p. 420 f. (Direct links to "p. 420", "p. 421")
The Royal Photographic Society. The Photographic Journal. vol. 65 (Nov. 1925, p. 498), vol. 66 (1926), vol. 67 (1927), vol. 68 (1928), vol. 70 (1930), vol. 74 (1934), 78 (1938), vol. 87 (1947).
Emil Mayer at Albertina (Vienna, Austria)
Elisabeth Mayer at Albertina (Vienna, Austria)
Emil Mayer at Biobibliografie zur Fotografie in Österreich der Albertina (Vienna, Austria)
Elisabeth Mayer at Biobibliografie zur Fotografie in Österreich der Albertina (Vienna, Austria)
Emil Mayer at Austrian Theatre Museum (Theatermuseum Wien) (Vienna, Austria)
Emil Mayer at Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut)
Emil Mayer at George Eastman Museum (Rochester, New York)
Emil Mayer at Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Emil Mayer at Lee Gallery (Winchester, Massachusetts)
Emil Mayer at Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York)
Emil Mayer at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (New York City, New York)
Emil Mayer at Vienna Museum (Wien Museum) (Vienna, Austria)
Emil Mayer at Österreichisches Volkshochschularchiv (Vienna, Austria). Color photograph in collection.

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[1] Brandstätter, Christian; Hubmann, Franz (1995). Damals in Wien: Menschen um Die Jahrhundertwende Photographiert von Dr. Emil Mayer = Back Then in Vienna: People Around the Turn of the Century. Wien: Jüdisches Museum Wien / Verlag Christian Brandstätter. ISBN 3-85447-532-2.

[2] "The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain: List of Honorary Members, Fellow, Associates, and Members, 1937", The Photographic Journal, 77: 26, 1937

[3] "Photographic Society of Philadelphia". Camera Craft. Vol. 34, no. 3. March 1927. p. 148.

[:0-4] Brandstätter, Christian; Hubmann, Franz (1995). Damals in Wien: Menschen um die Jahrhundertwende [Back Then in Vienna: People Around the Turn of the Century] (Exhibition catalog) (in German) (1st ed.). Wien: C. Brandstätter. p. 172. ISBN 9783854475323. OCLC 33901526.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[5] Rosser, Edward (1999). Viennese Types = Wiener Typen (1st ed.). Lexington, MA: Blind River Editions. p. 10. ISBN 0-9672975-0-8. OCLC 43985605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[:1-6] Auer, Anna (1997). Übersee: Flucht und Emigration Österreichischer Fotografen 1920-1940 = Exodus from Austria, Emigration of Austrian Photographers 1920-1940 (Exhibition catalog). Wien: Kunsthalle Wien. pp. 174–6. OCLC 1084850290.

[7] ÖBL

[8] Brandstätter

[9] The Oxford companion to the photograph. Robin Lenman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-19-866271-8. OCLC 60793923.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

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