Wilhelm von Gloeden worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Wilhelm von Gloeden as German photographer (1856-1931).
Wilhelm von Gloeden was born at Völkshagen in 1856. His recorded nationality is Germany.
The nineteenth century broke the academy's authority: independent exhibitions, dealers and the beginnings of modernism.
He worked as photographer and artist.
His best-known work is Pictures by Wilhelm von Gloeden taken in Villa Barbaja. An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
That the work was made in Germany shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Wilhelm von Gloeden died in 1931, aged 75. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Pictures by Wilhelm von Gloeden taken in Villa Barbaja
