Karl Blosfeldt

Dutch photographer and sculptor (1865–1933)

Person human Q61848

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: June 13, 1865, 1865, June 6, 1865^[2]^[10]^[11]
Date of death: December 9, 1932, 1932^[4]^[12]
Place of birth: Schielo
Place of death: Berlin
Country of citizenship: Germany, Duchy of Anhalt, Free State of Anhalt^[13]^[14]^[15]
Occupation: photographer, sculptor, professor, botanical illustrator, teacher
Employer: Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, United States Schools for Fine and Applied Arts^[16]^[17]
Religion or worldview: Protestant^[19]
Notable work: Urformen der Kunst^[18]
Work location: Rome, Berlin
Languages spoken, written or signed: German
Artist files at: Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative: reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Described by source: Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century
Different from: Karl Blossfeld
Family name: Blossfeldt^[22]
Given name: Friedrich, Wilhelm, Karl^[23]
Has works in the collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Photography Collection, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, J. Paul Getty Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Movement: New Objectivity^[21]
Name in native language: Karl Blossfeldt
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject New York Public Library

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P14541: 4DRwkL
Participant in: Documenta 6
Pseudonym: Blossfeld, Karl

🏷️ Also known as

en Karl Blosfeldt cs Karl Blossfeldt de Blossfeldt fr Blossfeldt ja カール・ブロスフェルト ru Блосфельдт Карл ru Карл Блосфельдт zh 卡尔·布劳斯菲尔德 zh-hant 卡爾·布勞斯菲爾德

🔖 Identifiers · 101

ISNI: 0000000108930446
VIAF cluster ID: 44370692
Library of Congress authority ID: n81070699
GND ID: 118511858
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Karl Blossfeldt 1895.jpg ↗
ARTIC artist ID: 50190
AbART person ID: 104587
American Academy in Rome ID: 12419160
ArtBrokerage artist ID: Karl-Blossfeldt
Artcyclopedia artist ID: blossfeldt_karl
Artist-info artist ID: 3368
Artists of the World ID: 10129526

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Artnet artist ID: karl-blossfeldt
Artsy artist ID: karl-blossfeldt
AskArt person ID: 11017150
BAnQ authority ID: 0001122751
BIBSYS ID: 90791039
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): BlossfeldtKarl1865-1932
Babelio author ID: 47254
Benezit ID: B2235733
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 123373572
BookBrainz author ID: f289d7ec-ff70-4789-a9ed-6b3adbec1f54
Bridgeman artist ID: 50891
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: blossfeldt-karl
CANTIC ID: 981061011462506706
CONOR.SI ID: 104612963
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12070523
Christie's creator ID: 12578
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741700256640
DACS ID (former): c890027b-1c8c-4597-bedd-418f1f46b77b
DDB person (GND) ID: 118511858
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118511858
ELNET ID: a12405243
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 87576
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 301982
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Karl-Blossfeldt
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: karl-blossfeldt
Europeana entity: agent/base/150833
FAST ID: 74768
FotoCH photographer ID: 26474
Fotografen.nl ID: 133148
Freebase ID: /m/03n0pf
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m03n0pf
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1873711
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: blossfel-dt-karl-464395
Grove Art Online ID: T009338
Harper's tag: karl-blossfeldt
ICP artist ID: karl-blossfeldt
IdRef ID: 03232135X
Invaluable.com person ID: bpe1mqrez8
IxTheo authority ID: 145296865
J. Paul Getty Museum agent ID: person/104N4D
Japan Search name ID: カール・ブロスフェルト
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118511858
Kallías ID: PE00135028
Koha Kütüphane ID: 127782
Le Delarge artist ID: 20868_artiste_BLOSSFELDT_Karl
Libraries Australia ID: 35019586
Libris-URI: 0xbfjf8j5c056vt
Luminous-Lint ID: Karl__Blossfeldt
MACM artist ID: blossfeldt-karl
Met Constituent ID: 55165
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID: 1570
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 24413
Museum-digital ID: 63323
MusicBrainz artist ID: cd8c72c4-b121-458f-977a-263e27e717f4
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID: 28493
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA07284686
NE.se ID: karl-blossfeldt
NL CR AUT ID: jcu2011675617
NLA Trove people ID: 793902
NUKAT ID: n00097568
National Gallery of Art artist ID: 30239
National Gallery of Canada artist ID: karl-blossfeldt
National Library of Brazil ID: 000502017
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007458866305171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000213397
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:BX1E;=yh
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 097869678
Obálky knih ID: jcu2011675617
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3878456
Open Library ID: OL182109A
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID: 31641
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID: 2324
Pinakothek artist ID: 2mxqZ7ML8b
Prabook ID: 2122570
RERO ID (legacy): A026735538
RKDartists ID: 133148
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: 11669
SELIBR ID: 294976
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID: 3367
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID: 1861-karl-blossfeldt
Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID: 1100
Tabakalera ID: 74412
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500012385
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1102149
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: karl-blossfeldt
WikiArt ID: karl-blossfeldt
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqjYTgjQt3YQPXWgBhyh3
Yale LUX ID: person/312749c2-cc19-401a-a06f-2aa81e1622f8
ZKM person ID: karl-blossfeldt

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🔗 Connections

Has works in the collection 9

Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, J. Paul Getty Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, National Gallery of Canada, Minneapolis Institute of Art, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe +1 more

Occupation 5

teacher, professor, photographer, sculptor, botanical illustrator

Given name 3

Karl, Friedrich, Wilhelm

Country of citizenship 2

Duchy of Anhalt, Free State of Anhalt

Work location 2

Rome, Berlin

Employer 1

Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Movement 1

New Objectivity

Participant in 1

Documenta 6

Participated in 1

Documenta 6

Place of birth 1

Schielo

Place of death 1

Berlin

Religion or worldview 1

Protestant

Sex or gender 1

male

← SNARC ID 1

Walley Barnes

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Summary

Karl Blosfeldt was born in Schielo^[1]. He was born on June 13, 1865^[2]. He passed away in Berlin^[3]. He died on December 9, 1932^[4]. He worked as a photographer^[5], sculptor^[6], professor^[7], botanical illustrator^[8], and teacher^[9].

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Career and Affiliations

Employers include Museum of Decorative Arts^[16], a museum of decorative arts^[24], in Germany^[25], founded in 1868^[26] and United States Schools for Fine and Applied Arts^[17], an art academy^[27], in Germany^[28], founded in 1924^[29], headquartered in Charlottenburg^[30].

FAQs

Where was Karl Blosfeldt born?

Karl Blosfeldt's place of birth was Schielo^[1].

Where did Karl Blosfeldt die?

Karl Blosfeldt passed away in Berlin^[3].

What did Karl Blosfeldt do for work?

Karl Blosfeldt worked as photographer^[5], sculptor^[6], professor^[7], botanical illustrator^[8], and teacher^[9].

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6w ago · Victorketom · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Has works in the collection → Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art +8

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16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → karl-blossfeldt

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16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14541 → 4DRwkL

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Employer → Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, United States Schools for Fine and Applied Arts

Described by source → Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century

Different from → Karl Blossfeld

Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired

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