thumb|Moriz Nähr with his dog

Moriz Nähr (born 4 August 1859 in Vienna; died 29 June 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian photographer. Nähr was a friend of the members of the Vienna Secession art group. He is best known for his portraits of Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Portraits

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File:Austrian symbolist painter - Gustav Klimt.jpg|Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt

File:Ludwig Wittgenstein (cropped).jpg|Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein

File:Secession Group, Wien 1902.png|Secession Group, Vienna, 1902

File:Photo of Gustav Mahler by Moritz Nähr 01a.jpg|Gustav Mahler

File:Grete Wiesenthal by Moritz Nähr.jpg|Grete Wiesenthal, 1906/8

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References

Further reading

  • Václav Macek: The History of European Photography. 1900-1938, Bratislava 2010, .
  • Uwe Schögl, Sandra Tretter, and Peter Weinhäupl for the Klimt Foundation (eds.): Moriz Nähr (1859−1945). Photographer for Habsburg, Klimt, and Wittgenstein. Catalogue Raisonné, Vienna 2025.
  • A lengthy exchange over the copyright of some Wittgenstein images that contains some data on Nähr at the very bottom.
  • European Society for the History of Photography on Moriz Nähr
  • Moriz Nähr Catalogue Raisonné