Baron Raimund von Stillfried

File:Baron Stillfried Verso 1883.jpg

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

• Hodo Falls at Nikko by Raimund von Stillfried.jpg
• Japanese woman on her head by Baron von Stillfried.jpg
• Portrait of an Admiral by Baron von Stillfried.jpg
• Stillfried - Samurai.jpg
• Two monks with rosary by Raimund von Stillfried.jpg

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.
• 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.

External links

• Stillfried collection at Smithsonian Institution