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Carol Szathmari

December 02, 2023

Carol Szathmari (Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmáry ; 11 January 1812 Kolozsvár – 3 July 1887 Bucharest) was a Hungarian painter, lithographer, and photographer, who had worked most of the time in Wallachia, nowadays Romania and therefore he is considered to be the founder of the Romanian photography. He is also considered the world's first combat photographer for his pictures of the battlefield taken during the first year of the Russo-Turkish war, later known as the Crimean War.[1][2]

Carol Szathmari.

Life edit

 
Carol Szathmari: Trachtengruppe in Câmpulung (Costumed Group in Câmpulung), 1866

Szathmari was born in the city of Kolozsvár, Transylvania (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in 1812.[3][4][5] Initially, he studied law at the Reformed College in Cluj.[6] By the age of eighteen he had moved to Bucharest.[4] He studied painting from 1832 to 1834 in Rome,[7] and on returning to Bucharest he was frequently commissioned to create paintings for the Wallachian boyars. He would later go on to achieve notoriety as the official artist of the Romanian royal court.[8] He spent most of his life in Bucharest, where he died in 1887.[7]

Career edit

 
Carol Szathmari: Bateria Mortierelor la Calafat (Calafat Mortar Battery), circa 1877

In 1848 Szathmari took his first photograph, using the talbotype process, of a cupid statue that had two broken arms.[3][8][6] By 1850 he had mastered enough of the photographic process to open a commercial photographic studio in Bucharest.[3]

Among his clients for portraits at his Bucharest studio were high-level Russian and Turkish military officers.[6][9] These connections allowed him access to the military camps of both sides at Wallachia, of the battle that would become known as the Crimean War.[9] In 1853, using a wagon specially equipped with a dark room for processing glass plates with wet collodion, he went to the Danube river's banks and various other places,[10][11][12] landscapes, fortifications and battlefields,[13] where he photographed various troops, both Turkish and Russian, their equipment and their commanding officers.[2]

Szathmari exhibited his photos, bound in an album, at the Exposition Universelle of 1855.[14] For his work presented at the exhibition, he received the second class medal.[6]

In July of the same year, he presented copies of his work to Queen Victoria during a private meeting at Osborne Castle, Isle of Wight, and she awarded him a gold medal in recognition of his work.[6]

He also met privately in 1855 with Emperor Napoleon III, with an article in Lumière, the French Photographic Society publication describing the meeting:

"M. de Szathmari, the skilled photographer from Bucharest, whose arrival we already announced, had the honour to be received by the Emperor on Wednesday evening. His Majesty wanted to see all the pictures bound in his magnificent album; he was quite interested by the Russian and Turkish generals’ portraits. As an eye-witness of so many events connected with the Oriental War, and being on close terms with most of those who distinguished themselves in that great fight, Mr. de Szathmari was able to give interesting details to His Majesty. While accepting his homage, the Emperor congratulated the author of this interesting collection."[6]

The same year, he presented two 95 page albums of his photographs to Franz Josef I.[3][12][15]

In February 1860, he was commissioned to produce a lithograph of a map of Wallachia, based on the first detailed geographic survey of the area that had been done by Austrians during the Crimean war.[16]

In 1863, Szathmari was given the title of Ruling Prince’s Court Painter and Photographer by the Romanian ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza and of the first King of Romania, Carol I.[6][17][18]

In 2012, the Cotroceni National Museum in Bucharest staged a retrospective exhibition of 400 of his paintings and photographs, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth.[19][20]

Collections edit

Three of Szathmari's photographs are included in the collection of the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House, in Rochester, New York: "The Russian lancer's encampment in Craiova", "The Bombardment of Silistra" and the portrait of Lt. General F. I. Soymonov [ru], commander of the 104th Russian Division, killed at the Battle of Inkerman.[21]

The Royal Collection in London, England holds an album of photographs that Szathmari personally presented to Queen Victoria around 1855.[12][3]

The National Library of Romania holds many of Szathmari's photographs, including his commercial portraiture work, under a collection titled Carol Pop de Szathmari photographs.[22]

Also, Szathmari's work can be found in the collection of Milan Jovanović Stojimirović who bequeathed his vast collection of paintings and artifacts to the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo.[23]

References edit

  1. ^ Cosgrove, Ben. . Time. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  2. ^ a b John Hannavy (20 September 2012). The Victorians and Edwardians at War. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-0-7478-1270-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e Papp, Júlia (15 September 2009). "Artwork Photography in Hungary: The Early Years (1859–1885)". Visual Resources. 25, 2009 (3): 193–238. doi:10.1080/01973760903122364. S2CID 192020954.
  4. ^ a b John Hannavy (16 December 2013). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1370–. ISBN 978-1-135-87326-4.
  5. ^ Savulescu, Constantin (1895). Cronologia ilustrată a fotografiei din România: perioada 1834–1916. Asociaţia Artiştilor Fotografi. pp. 19–20.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g http://www.eshph.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2008_Jubilee_lowres.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ a b Etnografski muzej u Beogradu; Károly Szathmári Pap; Mitar S. Vlahović; Bosiljka Radović (1958). Popular Costumes of the XIXth Century in Beograd. The Museum. pp. 11–.
  8. ^ a b Cojocariu, Gheorghe (2011). "Carol Popp de Szathmary, The First War Photo Reporter, a Pioneer of Photojournalism". Economics, Management, and Financial Markets. 6 (2): 907–915.
  9. ^ a b Lawrence James (1981). Crimea 1854-56: the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Hayes Kennedy. ISBN 978-0-86269-001-4.
  10. ^ Martin W. Sandler (2002). SANDLER:PHOTOGRAPHY: ILLUS HIST RLB. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-0-19-512608-2.
  11. ^ Călin Hentea (2007). Brief Romanian Military History. Scarecrow Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5820-6.
  12. ^ a b c "Carol Szathmari (1812-87) - Turkish infantry". www.rct.uk.
  13. ^ Revista Bibliotecii Naționale. Biblioteca Națională a României. 2002.
  14. ^ Paul Kerr; Georgina Pye (1997). The Crimean War. Boxtree. ISBN 978-0-7522-1112-1.
  15. ^ Mitchel P. Roth; James Stuart Olson (1997). Historical Dictionary of War Journalism. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 310–. ISBN 978-0-313-29171-5.
  16. ^ Bartos‐Elekes, Zsombor; Timár, Gábor; Imecs, Zoltan; Magyari‐Sáska, Zsolt (19 September 2013). "Georeferencing the topographic map of Walachia (1855–1864)". 8th International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage.
  17. ^ Adrian-Silvan Ionescu (2002). Panel și sabie: artiști, documentariști și corespondenți de front în războiul de independență, 1877-1878. Editura Biblioteca Bucureștilor. ISBN 978-973-8369-02-3.
  18. ^ Muzeul Național de Artă (Romania) (2008). Napoléon III et les principautés roumaines: Musée d'art national de Roumanie, Bucarest, 24 octobre 2008-1er février 2009; Musée national du château de Compiègne, 21 mars-29 juin 2009. Musée national du château de Compiègne. ISBN 978-2-7118-5580-3.
  19. ^ . www.agerpres.ro. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  20. ^ Anghelescu, Victoria (10 June 2012). "Un îndrăgostit de lumea românească".
  21. ^ "Works - Carol Popp de Szathmari - People - George Eastman Museum". collections.eastman.org.
  22. ^ "Carol Pop de Szathmari photographs - The European Library". www.theeuropeanlibrary.org.
  23. ^ The Legacy of Milan Jovanovic Stojimirovic in the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carol Popp de Szathmary.
  • Ionescu, Adrian Silvan (1998). . Muzeul Național. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  • "Bulgarian samples of work of Carol Szathmary". lostbulgaria.com.

December 02, 2023
carol, szathmari, romanian, carol, popp, szathmáry, january, 1812, kolozsvár, july, 1887, bucharest, hungarian, painter, lithographer, photographer, worked, most, time, wallachia, nowadays, romania, therefore, considered, founder, romanian, photography, also, . Carol Szathmari Romanian Carol Popp de Szathmary 11 January 1812 Kolozsvar 3 July 1887 Bucharest was a Hungarian painter lithographer and photographer who had worked most of the time in Wallachia nowadays Romania and therefore he is considered to be the founder of the Romanian photography He is also considered the world s first combat photographer for his pictures of the battlefield taken during the first year of the Russo Turkish war later known as the Crimean War 1 2 Carol Szathmari Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Collections 4 References 5 External linksLife edit nbsp Carol Szathmari Trachtengruppe in Campulung Costumed Group in Campulung 1866Szathmari was born in the city of Kolozsvar Transylvania now Cluj Napoca Romania in 1812 3 4 5 Initially he studied law at the Reformed College in Cluj 6 By the age of eighteen he had moved to Bucharest 4 He studied painting from 1832 to 1834 in Rome 7 and on returning to Bucharest he was frequently commissioned to create paintings for the Wallachian boyars He would later go on to achieve notoriety as the official artist of the Romanian royal court 8 He spent most of his life in Bucharest where he died in 1887 7 Career edit nbsp Carol Szathmari Bateria Mortierelor la Calafat Calafat Mortar Battery circa 1877In 1848 Szathmari took his first photograph using the talbotype process of a cupid statue that had two broken arms 3 8 6 By 1850 he had mastered enough of the photographic process to open a commercial photographic studio in Bucharest 3 Among his clients for portraits at his Bucharest studio were high level Russian and Turkish military officers 6 9 These connections allowed him access to the military camps of both sides at Wallachia of the battle that would become known as the Crimean War 9 In 1853 using a wagon specially equipped with a dark room for processing glass plates with wet collodion he went to the Danube river s banks and various other places 10 11 12 landscapes fortifications and battlefields 13 where he photographed various troops both Turkish and Russian their equipment and their commanding officers 2 Szathmari exhibited his photos bound in an album at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 14 For his work presented at the exhibition he received the second class medal 6 In July of the same year he presented copies of his work to Queen Victoria during a private meeting at Osborne Castle Isle of Wight and she awarded him a gold medal in recognition of his work 6 He also met privately in 1855 with Emperor Napoleon III with an article in Lumiere the French Photographic Society publication describing the meeting M de Szathmari the skilled photographer from Bucharest whose arrival we already announced had the honour to be received by the Emperor on Wednesday evening His Majesty wanted to see all the pictures bound in his magnificent album he was quite interested by the Russian and Turkish generals portraits As an eye witness of so many events connected with the Oriental War and being on close terms with most of those who distinguished themselves in that great fight Mr de Szathmari was able to give interesting details to His Majesty While accepting his homage the Emperor congratulated the author of this interesting collection 6 The same year he presented two 95 page albums of his photographs to Franz Josef I 3 12 15 In February 1860 he was commissioned to produce a lithograph of a map of Wallachia based on the first detailed geographic survey of the area that had been done by Austrians during the Crimean war 16 In 1863 Szathmari was given the title of Ruling Prince s Court Painter and Photographer by the Romanian ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza and of the first King of Romania Carol I 6 17 18 In 2012 the Cotroceni National Museum in Bucharest staged a retrospective exhibition of 400 of his paintings and photographs in celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth 19 20 Collections editThree of Szathmari s photographs are included in the collection of the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House in Rochester New York The Russian lancer s encampment in Craiova The Bombardment of Silistra and the portrait of Lt General F I Soymonov ru commander of the 104th Russian Division killed at the Battle of Inkerman 21 The Royal Collection in London England holds an album of photographs that Szathmari personally presented to Queen Victoria around 1855 12 3 The National Library of Romania holds many of Szathmari s photographs including his commercial portraiture work under a collection titled Carol Pop de Szathmari photographs 22 Also Szathmari s work can be found in the collection of Milan Jovanovic Stojimirovic who bequeathed his vast collection of paintings and artifacts to the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo 23 References edit Cosgrove Ben Crimea Where War Photography Was Born Time Archived from the original on May 31 2015 Retrieved 2019 03 28 a b John Hannavy 20 September 2012 The Victorians and Edwardians at War Bloomsbury Publishing pp 37 ISBN 978 0 7478 1270 8 a b c d e Papp Julia 15 September 2009 Artwork Photography in Hungary The Early Years 1859 1885 Visual Resources 25 2009 3 193 238 doi 10 1080 01973760903122364 S2CID 192020954 a b John Hannavy 16 December 2013 Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography Taylor amp Francis pp 1370 ISBN 978 1 135 87326 4 Savulescu Constantin 1895 Cronologia ilustrată a fotografiei din Romania perioada 1834 1916 Asociaţia Artistilor Fotografi pp 19 20 a b c d e f g http www eshph org wp content uploads 2015 12 2008 Jubilee lowres pdf bare URL PDF a b Etnografski muzej u Beogradu Karoly Szathmari Pap Mitar S Vlahovic Bosiljka Radovic 1958 Popular Costumes of the XIXth Century in Beograd The Museum pp 11 a b Cojocariu Gheorghe 2011 Carol Popp de Szathmary The First War Photo Reporter a Pioneer of Photojournalism Economics Management and Financial Markets 6 2 907 915 a b Lawrence James 1981 Crimea 1854 56 the war with Russia from contemporary photographs Hayes Kennedy ISBN 978 0 86269 001 4 Martin W Sandler 2002 SANDLER PHOTOGRAPHY ILLUS HIST RLB Oxford University Press USA pp 105 ISBN 978 0 19 512608 2 Călin Hentea 2007 Brief Romanian Military History Scarecrow Press pp 10 ISBN 978 0 8108 5820 6 a b c Carol Szathmari 1812 87 Turkish infantry www rct uk Revista Bibliotecii Naționale Biblioteca Națională a Romaniei 2002 Paul Kerr Georgina Pye 1997 The Crimean War Boxtree ISBN 978 0 7522 1112 1 Mitchel P Roth James Stuart Olson 1997 Historical Dictionary of War Journalism Greenwood Publishing Group pp 310 ISBN 978 0 313 29171 5 Bartos Elekes Zsombor Timar Gabor Imecs Zoltan Magyari Saska Zsolt 19 September 2013 Georeferencing the topographic map of Walachia 1855 1864 8th International Workshop on Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage Adrian Silvan Ionescu 2002 Panel și sabie artiști documentariști și corespondenți de front in războiul de independență 1877 1878 Editura Biblioteca Bucureștilor ISBN 978 973 8369 02 3 Muzeul Național de Artă Romania 2008 Napoleon III et les principautes roumaines Musee d art national de Roumanie Bucarest 24 octobre 2008 1er fevrier 2009 Musee national du chateau de Compiegne 21 mars 29 juin 2009 Musee national du chateau de Compiegne ISBN 978 2 7118 5580 3 Carol Popp de Szathmari painter and photographer Exhibition opened at Cotroceni National Museum www agerpres ro Archived from the original on 2019 03 29 Retrieved 2019 03 29 Anghelescu Victoria 10 June 2012 Un indrăgostit de lumea romanească Works Carol Popp de Szathmari People George Eastman Museum collections eastman org Carol Pop de Szathmari photographs The European Library www theeuropeanlibrary org The Legacy of Milan Jovanovic Stojimirovic in the Art Department of the Museum in Smederevo External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carol Popp de Szathmary Ionescu Adrian Silvan 1998 Photographs from the Crimean War by Carol Szathmari I American and British Collections Muzeul Național Archived from the original on July 16 2011 Bulgarian samples of work of Carol Szathmary lostbulgaria com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carol Szathmari amp oldid 1169953635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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