Baron Raimund von Stillfried
Baron Raimund von Stillfried, also known as Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz (6 August 1839, in Komotau – 12 August 1911, in Vienna), was an Austrian photographer.
He was son of August Wilhelm Freiherr Stillfried von Rathenitz (d. 1806) and Maria Anna Johanna Theresia Walburge Gräfin Clam-Martinitz (1802–1874).
After leaving his military career, Stillfried moved to Yokohama, Japan and opened a photographic studio called Stillfried & Co. which operated until 1875. In 1875, Stillfried formed a partnership with Hermann Andersen and the studio was renamed, Stillfried & Andersen (also known as the Japan Photographic Association). This studio operated until 1885. In 1877, Stillfried & Andersen bought the studio and stock of Felice Beato. In the late 1870s, Stillfried visited and photographed in Dalmatia, Bosnia, and Greece. In addition to his own photographic endeavours, Stillfried trained many Japanese photographers. In 1886, Stillfried sold the majority of his stock to his protégé, the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei, he then left Japan.
Selected works
References
- Artnet, s.v. "Raimund von (Baron) Stillfried". Accessed 11 December 2006.
- Canadian Centre for Architecture; Collections Online, s.v. "Baron Raimund von Stillfried". Accessed 14 April 2011.
- Gartlan, Luke. A Career of Japan: Baron Raimund von Stillfried and Early Yokohama Photography. Brill: Photography in Asia, Vol 1. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2016, 384 pp., 163 illus. ISBN 978-90-04-28932-1.
- Nagasaki University Library; Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period, s.v. "Stillfried". Accessed 12 February 2007.
- Union List of Artists Names, s.v. "Stillfried-Rathenitz, Raimund von, Baron". Accessed 11 December 2006.
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