Photographer, person of merit in Lublin, father of Julia and Edward Hartwig. In 1896, due to a difficult family situation, Hartwig, aged 13, started an apprenticeship at the photographic studio of Jakub Tyraspolski. In 1903, he moved to Moscow, where he worked for A.A. Apelt. In 1906, he set up his own photographic atelier, which he ran until 1917. The revolution forced him, his wife Mary and the children: Walenty, Edward, Helena and Zofia, to emigrate to Poland. He settled in Lublin, where he worked for 2 years as a military photographer, following which he set up his own studio at 19 Narutowicza Street (1919), which he owned for 16 years. Subsequently, he moved his studio to Hotel Europejski, but it was destroyed during an air raid on 9 September 1939. He lost his equipment, archive and the work of his son, Edward Hartwig, who kept his photographs at his father`s establishment. He continued working during the war. After the war, it ended, he took over his second wife`s studio at Świętoduska Street, which Hartwig owned until 1 September 1950, when it was taken over by the state-owned Zorza cooperative.
1922
gelatin silver prints, approx. 12.4 x 17.3 cm,
mounted on cardboard sized approx. 23.5 x 28.6 cm (each),
author`s stamp on the reverse,
edition: unspecified
vintage prints
Group photographs dated June 1922, made on the last day of the final school year, presumably in Lublin.
Photographer, person of merit in Lublin, father of Julia and Edward Hartwig. In 1896, due to a difficult family situation, Hartwig, aged 13, started an apprenticeship at the photographic studio of Jakub Tyraspolski. In 1903, he moved to Moscow, where he worked for A.A. Apelt. In 1906, he set up his own photographic atelier, which he ran until 1917. The revolution forced him, his wife Mary and the children: Walenty, Edward, Helena and Zofia, to emigrate to Poland. He settled in Lublin, where he worked for 2 years as a military photographer, following which he set up his own studio at 19 Narutowicza Street (1919), which he owned for 16 years. Subsequently, he moved his studio to Hotel Europejski, but it was destroyed during an air raid on 9 September 1939. He lost his equipment, archive and the work of his son, Edward Hartwig, who kept his photographs at his father`s establishment. He continued working during the war. After the war, it ended, he took over his second wife`s studio at Świętoduska Street, which Hartwig owned until 1 September 1950, when it was taken over by the state-owned Zorza cooperative.