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gelatin silver print on cardboard

signed and dated (pencil) on cardboard recto

Hans Blesius was a local studio photographer and co-owner of the long-established, family-run Blesius photo studio in Hameln, Lower Saxony. The Blesius studio was founded in 1899 by Heinrich and Anna Blesius. In 1936, the business premises were renovated and expanded – and Hans, their son, became a co-owner. Outside of his work at the photo studio, Hans Blesius was influenced by the emerging visual language of the New Vision movement. Tragically, Hans Blesius was killed in action in 1940, which is why his work is documented only briefly and scarcely beyond the regional level. His parents were subsequently reliant on the assistance of their daughter Igna, who initially worked at the studio as an apprentice and later as a journeywoman. In 1947, Igna Weber-Blesius passed her master’s examination and became a co-owner from that point on. In 1949, the married couple and company founders Anna and Heinrich Blesius retired.¹
(Christoph Fuchs, translated with DeepL)

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see. Aufschlag, Deutscher Tennisverein Hameln, Issue 3/2018, p. 39, (https://www.dthameln.de/_mediafiles/429-aufschlag-2018-3.pdf)