Hugo erfurth oskar kokoschka biography

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    • Hugo Erfurth

    German photographer

    Hugo Erfurth

    Erfurth self-portrait (c. 1915)

    Born

    Wilhelm Berthold Hugo Erfurth


    14 October 1874 (1874-10-14)

    Halle, German Empire

    Died14 February 1948(1948-02-14) (aged 73)

    Gaienhofen, Germany

    NationalityGerman
    EducationDresden Academy of Fine Arts
    Known forPhotography
    MovementPictorialism

    Hugo Erfurth (14 October 1874 – 14 February 1948) was a German photographer known for his portraits of celebrities and cultural figures of the early twentieth century.

    Life

    Early years

    Erfurth was born in Halle (Saale), in what was then the German Empire. He grew up on his parents’ farm in Schönau and visited a parish school in Niederschonal in 1883.[1]

    By 1884, Erfurth was at school in Dresden. From 1892 to 1896, he studied painting at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1894, while still at school, he studied photography through an apprenticeship with court