Carl Struwe 1898 - 1986

occupation:
Graphic artist, Photographer
Nationality:
German

Trained as a graphic artist, Carl Strüwe was the first photographer who created, between 1926 and 1959, an original artistic oeuvre based on microphotography. The main body of his photographic oeuvre, a total of 426 original prints, was donated to Kunsthalle Bielefeld where it has been housed since 1982. The remaining estate is kept in the Carl Strüwe Archives where it is professionally administered and researched.