| LC control no. | n 84164682 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Haas, Robert, 1898-1997 |
| See also | Founded corporate body: Officina Vindobonensis |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1898-04-16 |
| Death date | 1997-12-05 |
| Place of birth | Vienna (Austria) |
| Place of death | Valhalla (N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Graphic artists |
| Found in | Weber, R. Robert Haas, c1984: t.p. (Robert Haas) p. 10 (studied calligraphy at Akademie für bildende Kunst; degree "Ingenieur," Technische Hochschule, Vienna; b. 4/16/1898) Robert Haas : framing two worlds: title page (Robert Haas) page 180-181 (Robert Haas was born in Vienna April 16, 1898. Robert Haas passed away December 5, 1997 in Valhalla, New York) Wien Museum, via WWW, April 20, 2017 (Robert Haas (1898-1997) is among the great Austrian-American photographers of the twentieth century. He began his artistic career in Vienna as a graphic designer and typographer before studying photography with Trude Fleischmann. In the 1930s, Haas created stirring works of social reportage and sensitive depictions of everyday life, along with portraits and object studies. Beyond that, he spent several years as the official photographer of the Salzburg Festival. Haas was forced to flee from the Nazis in 1938 along with countless other Jews, eventually settling in New York City. There, he re-established himself in the field of graphic design and printing. His impressive urban photography from the period revealed the influence of American visual culture. On the road, Haas documented the American way of life beyond the big cities. He photographed famous figures such as Albert Einstein and Oskar Kokoschka as well. The Wien Museum Friends' Association recently acquired Haas's photographic archive. The exhibition presents his virtually unknown oeuvre to the general public for the first time: at once an artistic discovery of the first order and a richly detailed panorama of the times) austrianposters.at, viewed February 28, 2019: Robert Haas (by 1925, Robert Haas was ready to begin his first professional venture when, together with Carry Hauser and Fritz Siegel (later Fred Siegle), he started the "Officina Vindobonensis." ... During the years 1925-1938, produced 31 hand-pressed prints and nine publications) <https://www.austrianposters.at/2017/08/26/robert-haas-from-officina-vindobonensis-to-the-ram-press/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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