Hans Finsler (1891 - 1972) — Auction price
Lot 3175 Hans Finsler
Hans Finsler (1891 - 1972) 
A 187: International art & antiques - IV 
Hans Finsler
07.12.1891 - 03.04.1972
Germany, Switzerland
Hans Finsler was a Swiss and German master of photography, a representative of the New Objectivity artistic movement.
He studied art history and architecture, but then was introduced to photography and became interested in it.
In 1927 he volunteered at the New Photographic Society in Berlin. In 1929 his participation in the exhibition "Film and Photography" in Stuttgart brought Finsler fame. He founded the photographic department of the Kunst Geverbeschule in Zurich, where many photographers who later also became famous studied. From 1946 to 1955 Finsler was president of the Swiss Union of Artists.
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
A 187: International art & antiques - IV
Date: 13.05.2023 10:30 UTC +01:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 1053