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'''Carol Szathmari''' (Hungarian: Szathmáry Pap Károly, Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmary, 11 January 1812- 3 June 1887) was a painter, lithographer and photographer. He was among the first combat photographers in the battlefield of the Crimean War (1853-1856, there were also Roger Fenton, William Russell, and [[Ludwig Angerer#Amateur_photographer_during_Crimean_War|Ludwig Angerer]])
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|birth_place = Cluj, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1887|6|3|1812|1|11|mf=y}}
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|death_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]
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[[Image:Caroll pop.JPG|thumb|258px|Self-portrait.]]
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[[Image:Fotografie-carte de vizita a lui carol popp de szathmari.jpg |thumb|258px|CDV photo by Szathmari]]
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'''Carol Szathmari''' (Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmary, Hungarian: Szathmáry Pap Károly, 1812-1887) was a painter, lithographer and photographer.  
  
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[[File:Fotografie-carte de vizita a lui carol popp de szathmari.jpg |thumb|250px|CdV format (photo by Carol Popp de Szatmary)]]
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== Early life==
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Before developing his inclination for photography, he studied painting and engraving, two popular arts of that period.<ref>{{harvnb|Bumbuţ|2009-2010|p=81}}</ref>
  
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Before discovering the inclination for photography, he studied painting and engraving, two popular arts in that period. Later, he realized the importance of documentary photography, and this vision made ​​him the first man to capture photographic images on the battlefield. <ref>{{http://issuu.com/punctum/docs/punctum1 Punctum magazine, nr. 1, p. 81}}</ref>
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==Painting==
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His talent for painting shone out from an early age. Being a passionate traveller, Szathmari journeyed through Europe and often crossed the Carpathian Mountains to visit Wallachia and its capital Bucharest, where he eventually settled in 1843. An accomplished landscape and portrait painter, at ease with both watercolours and oil paints, Szathmari obtained commissions from the wealthy Wallachian boyars. Szathmari kept up constant, good relations with the successive ruling princes of Wallachia for whom he painted portraits and various other compositions.<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2013}}</ref>
  
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He was the first certified photographer in Romania, being also one of the first 10 photographers in Europe. Carol Popp de Szathmary was the official photographer of the Romanian ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza and of the first king of Romania, Carol I of Romania. Most of his life he worked and lived in [[Bucharest]], where he died.
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His work was later criticised in the magazine ''Pressa'' in 1898: "The Watercolors of D. Satmari (sic!) are generally lacking solidity, good up to illustrate albums, they go only as sketches and can not have any claim to serious art. Remaining works of D. Satmari be felt too much the copy of photographic studies. Their coloring is dark without light and air and gives too much lead nuances."<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2008|p=114}}</ref>
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He is the first chronicler of Art Photography in Romania, his article entitled ''Photographie Parisienne'' appeared in "Photographische Correspondenz" in Vienna in 1865. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/109441096/istoria-fotografiei-articol-revista-istorica]
 
  
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==the Crimean War==
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== The Crimean War==
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In 1848, Szathmari began to experiment with photography. The outbreak of the Russian-Ottoman War in late June 1853 saw the Romanian principalities occupied by the Russian army. In April 1854, Szathmari filled a van with his cameras and glass plates and went to the border of the Danube to document the fighting between the Russian and Turkish armies. The result of Szathmari's bravery and hard work was a photographic album. His album, containing some two hundred images, became famous due to its presentation at the 1855 Paris World Exhibition and Szathmari was awarded the Second Class Medal for his work. From that time on, photography, painting and lithography were always closely connected in Szathmari's career. In 1864 he became member of the Société Française de Photographie in Paris and in 1870 of the one in Vienna. In 1863, he received the title of Ruling Prince's Court Painter and Photographer which he kept for the rest of his life. The official painter followed his patron, Prince Carol I, on the battlefield during the Russian-Romanian-Ottoman War of 1877, which was waged south of the Danube. Along martial compositions and albums, Szathmari had long been attracted by folk types and produced a large series of pictures with peasants, gypsies, postillions, merchants and artisans. He toured the fairs and the crowded streets of the town in search of picturesque types. The artist's last major work was the chromolithographic album of the symbolic carts which paraded the Capital city on 10-11 May 1881, King Carol's coronation pageant. Szathmari died in Bucharest 3 June 1887. [http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2013/2013-apr-jun/ionescu-szathmari]
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In 1848, Szathmari began to experiment with photography. The outbreak of the Russian-Ottoman War in late June 1853 saw the Romanian principalities occupied by the Russian army. In April 1854, Szathmari filled a van with his cameras and glass plates and went to the border of the Danube to document the fighting between the Russian and Turkish armies.<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2013}}</ref> 
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This made him one of the first combat photographers in the battlefield  (there were also [[Roger Fenton]], [[William Russell]], and [[Ludwig Angerer#Amateur_photographer_during_Crimean_War|Ludwig Angerer]] photographing the Crimean War).
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The result of Szathmari's bravery and hard work was a photographic album. His album, containing some two hundred images, became famous due to its presentation at the 1855 Paris World Exhibition and Szathmari was awarded the Second Class Medal for his work. From that time on, photography, painting and lithography were always closely connected in Szathmari's career.<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2013}}</ref>
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== Court photographer==
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[[File:Panorama bucarest carol pop.jpg |thumb|500px|Bucharest panorama by Szathmari, on the time of Cuza, 1864]]
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In 1864 he became member of the Société Française de Photographie in Paris and in 1870 of the one in Vienna. In 1863, he received the title of Ruling Prince (Alexandru Ioan Cuza)'s Court Painter and Photographer which he kept for the rest of his life. The official painter followed his patron, Prince Carol I, on the battlefield during the Russian-Romanian-Ottoman War of 1877, which was waged south of the Danube.<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2013}}</ref>
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He was the first certified photographer in Romania, being also one of the first ten photographers in Europe.
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== Other work==
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Along martial compositions and albums, Szathmari had long been attracted by folk types and produced a large series of pictures with peasants, gypsies, postillions, merchants and artisans. He toured the fairs and the crowded streets of the town in search of picturesque types.<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2013}}</ref>
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He also chronicled art photography in Romania. His article entitled "Photographie Parisienne" appeared in the Viennese magazine ''Photographische Correspondenz'' in 1865.[http://www.scribd.com/doc/109441096/istoria-fotografiei-articol-revista-istorica]
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The artist's last major work was the chromolithographic album of the symbolic carts which paraded the Capital city on 10-11 May 1881, King Carol's coronation pageant.<ref>{{harvnb|Ionescu|2013}}</ref>
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Most of his life he worked and lived in [[Bucharest]], where he died.
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==Paintings==
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<gallery>
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Carol pop biserica din bucuresti.jpg|Church, Bucarest
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Carol Popp De Szathmary - Pe Valea Oltului.jpg|Pe valea Oltului, oil on paper
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Carol Târgul Moşilor, ulei pe pânză, 1861.jpg|Târgul Moşilor, oil on canvas, 1861, oil
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - 1881 Coronation procession.jpg|Coronation procession, 1881
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Guerre d'Orient prince Charles I.jpg|Guerre d'Orient prince Charles I
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Poiana Marului.jpg|Poiana Marului
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The Pageants of the Festivity of Coronation of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Romania.jpg|The Pageants of the Festivity of Coronation of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Romania
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Watercolor by Szathmari.jpg|Watercolor by Szathmari
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</gallery>
  
 
==Photographs==
 
==Photographs==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Antim.jpg|Antim Church, Romania, 1867
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Antim.jpg|Antim Church, album ''Romania'', 1867
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Jepii.album romania.1867.jpg|Jepii, Romania, 1867
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Carol arges 1867.jpg|Curtea de Arges Monastery, album ''Romania'', 1867
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Jepii.album romania.1867.jpg|Jepii, album ''Romania'', 1867
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Priimirea I. S. Domnitorului la Pietroşiţa. Jalomiţa 1867.jpg|receiving the Ruler at Pietroşiţa, album ''Romania'', 1867
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Priimirea I.S. Domnitorului la Cernica, 1867.jpg |receiving the Ruler at Cernica, album ''Romania'', 1867
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Carol Popp de Szathmari - Portu la Muscellu 1867.jpg|Costumes, album ''Romania'', 1867
 
Carol Popp de Szathmari - turk cavalery.jpg|Turk cavalery, 1854
 
Carol Popp de Szathmari - turk cavalery.jpg|Turk cavalery, 1854
 
Carol i, portret din albumul suvenir din resbelul 1877-1878.jpg|Carol I, 1877
 
Carol i, portret din albumul suvenir din resbelul 1877-1878.jpg|Carol I, 1877
 
Portretul domnitorului alexandru ioan cuza.jpg|Alexandru Ioan Cuza, c1860
 
Portretul domnitorului alexandru ioan cuza.jpg|Alexandru Ioan Cuza, c1860
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Caroll pop - general 1854.JPG|General, 1854-1855
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Carol pop Bragagiu.jpg|Bragagiu, c1860
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Carol pop untitled.JPG|Untitled, c1860
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Carol pop family.jpg|Untitled
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Carol Szathmary - Self-portrait.jpg|self-portrait
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Carol Autoportret, fotografie.jpg|self-portrait, CdV format, Library of the Romanian Academy
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Szathmary - Casa Ienăchiţă Văcărescu 1865.jpg|House of Ienăchiţă Văcărescu,1865
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Szathmary - Mass on the field- the ambulance’s benediction at Poiana 1877.jpg|Mass on the field- the ambulance’s benediction at Poiana, 1877
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Szathmary - Romanian battery on the banks of the Danube 1877.jpg|Romanian battery on the banks of the Danube, 1877
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Szathmary - Strada Izvor 1865.jpg|Strada Izvor,1865
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Szathmary - The Oltenitza Quarantine 1854.jpg|The Oltenitza Quarantine,1854
 
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</gallery>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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{{Reflist|1}}
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{{Reflist|3}}
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==Albums==
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* ''Erdély képekben'' Kolósvárt : a kir. Lyceum egyesített Könyv és Kőnyomó Intézetében, [1842]. - 16 p., 94 p., [33], [http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/handle/123456789/21979 HTML]. {{hu}}
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* ''Episcopie de Curtea de Arg[c]is: photographié et dédié à S. A. S. Charles 1er, prince régnant de Roumanie / par C. P. de Szathmari, peintre et photographe de Son Altesse Sérénissime'', 1867 [?] - 47 p., [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84469783/f1.item]. {{fr}}
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==Literature==
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{{refbegin}}
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* {{cite journal|ref=harv|title=Exposiţiunea Artiştilor Români în viaţă (I, II, III)|journal=Pressa|number=38-40|month=May|year=1898|language=Romanian}}
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* {{cite journal|ref=harv|last=Ionescu|first=Adrian-Silvan|title=The Official artistical mouvement in 19th century Romania, [Mişcarea oficială în România secolului al XIX-lea]|publisher=Noi Media Print|location=Bucharest|year=2008}}
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* {{cite journal|ref=harv|last=Bumbuţ|first=Cosmin|title=Carol Szathmari: Partea I|journal=[http://issuu.com/punctum/docs/punctum1 Punctum]|number=1|year=2009-2010|pages=78–?|language=Romanian}}
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* {{cite journal|ref=harv|last=Ionescu|first=Adrian-Silvan|title=[http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2013/2013-apr-jun/ionescu-szathmari Szathmári, un mare artist documentarist]|journal=RIHA Journal|number=70|day=24|month=April|year=2013|language=Romanian}} With English abstract.
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* Emanuel Bădescu and Radu Olteanu, ''Carol Popp de Szathmari, fotograful Bucureştilor'', Bucharest: Art Historia, 2012 [http://art-historia.blogspot.ro/2012/12/d-upa-o-munca-care-durat-mai-bine-de-un.html]. {{ro}}
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* Iulia Pană, ""Mici developări" din istoria artei fotografice", ''Datina'', Serie Nouă, anul 3, nr. 22, ianuarie 2016, pp. 28-31, [[Media:Pana_Iulia_2016_Mici_developari_din_istoria_Datina.pdf|PDF]]. {{ro}}
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* Iulia Pană, ""Mici developări" din istoria artei fotografice (II)", ''Datina'', Serie Nouă, anul 3, nr. 23, februarie 2016, pp. 34-39, [https://archive.org/download/IuliaPanMiciDeveloppriDinIstoriaArteiFotograficeII/Iulia%20Pan%C4%83,%20Mici%20develop%C4%83ri%20din%20istoria%20artei%20fotografice%20(II).pdf PDF].
  
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==See also==
 
* [[Romania#Photography]]
 
* [[Romania#Photography]]
 
* [[Hungary#Photography]]
 
* [[Hungary#Photography]]
  
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==Links==
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* http://dating-au.com/szathmari-carol-popp-de-1812-1887/
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Szathmari Szathmari at Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Szathmari Szathmari at Wikipedia]
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* [http://aleph500.biblacad.ro:8991/F/PK84RS2IGY8GMQNPJJLL9NR82IG55V3PYCC9QUMTEFXCUB45Y3-22667?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=000248100 Szathmari at Biblioteca Academiei Române]
 
* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Popp_de_Szathm%C3%A1ri Szathmari at Romanian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Popp_de_Szathm%C3%A1ri Szathmari at Romanian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szathm%C3%A1ry_Pap_K%C3%A1roly Szathmari at Hungarian Wikipedia]
 
* [http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szathm%C3%A1ry_Pap_K%C3%A1roly Szathmari at Hungarian Wikipedia]
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* [http://blog.alexgalmeanu.com/blog/2007/12/13/primii-fotografi-din-romania/ First Romanian Photographers on AlexGalmeanu Blog]
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* [http://dspace.bcucluj.ro/browse?type=author&value=Szathm%C3%A1ri+Pap%2C+K%C3%A1roly Drawings by Szathmary]
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* [http://www.formula-as.ro/galerii/Fotograful+Bucure%C8%99tilor+-+Carol+Popp+de+Szathm%26aacute%3Bri-g10 images from the album ''Carol Popp de Szathmari, fotograful Bucureştilor'']
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* [https://artavizuala21.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/ arta vizuala, blog]
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* [https://artistiromani.wordpress.com/tag/carol-popp-de-szathmari/ Arta din România, blog]
  
 
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[[Category:Photography|Szathmari, Carol]]

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Self-portrait, c1850.
Born January 11, 1812(1812-01-11)
Cluj, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire
Died June 3, 1887(1887-06-03) (aged 75)
Bucharest, Romania
Self-portrait.
CDV photo by Szathmari

Carol Szathmari (Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmary, Hungarian: Szathmáry Pap Károly, 1812-1887) was a painter, lithographer and photographer.

Early life

Before developing his inclination for photography, he studied painting and engraving, two popular arts of that period.[1]

Painting

His talent for painting shone out from an early age. Being a passionate traveller, Szathmari journeyed through Europe and often crossed the Carpathian Mountains to visit Wallachia and its capital Bucharest, where he eventually settled in 1843. An accomplished landscape and portrait painter, at ease with both watercolours and oil paints, Szathmari obtained commissions from the wealthy Wallachian boyars. Szathmari kept up constant, good relations with the successive ruling princes of Wallachia for whom he painted portraits and various other compositions.[2]

His work was later criticised in the magazine Pressa in 1898: "The Watercolors of D. Satmari (sic!) are generally lacking solidity, good up to illustrate albums, they go only as sketches and can not have any claim to serious art. Remaining works of D. Satmari be felt too much the copy of photographic studies. Their coloring is dark without light and air and gives too much lead nuances."[3]

The Crimean War

In 1848, Szathmari began to experiment with photography. The outbreak of the Russian-Ottoman War in late June 1853 saw the Romanian principalities occupied by the Russian army. In April 1854, Szathmari filled a van with his cameras and glass plates and went to the border of the Danube to document the fighting between the Russian and Turkish armies.[4]

This made him one of the first combat photographers in the battlefield (there were also Roger Fenton, William Russell, and Ludwig Angerer photographing the Crimean War).

The result of Szathmari's bravery and hard work was a photographic album. His album, containing some two hundred images, became famous due to its presentation at the 1855 Paris World Exhibition and Szathmari was awarded the Second Class Medal for his work. From that time on, photography, painting and lithography were always closely connected in Szathmari's career.[5]

Court photographer

Bucharest panorama by Szathmari, on the time of Cuza, 1864

In 1864 he became member of the Société Française de Photographie in Paris and in 1870 of the one in Vienna. In 1863, he received the title of Ruling Prince (Alexandru Ioan Cuza)'s Court Painter and Photographer which he kept for the rest of his life. The official painter followed his patron, Prince Carol I, on the battlefield during the Russian-Romanian-Ottoman War of 1877, which was waged south of the Danube.[6]

He was the first certified photographer in Romania, being also one of the first ten photographers in Europe.

Other work

Along martial compositions and albums, Szathmari had long been attracted by folk types and produced a large series of pictures with peasants, gypsies, postillions, merchants and artisans. He toured the fairs and the crowded streets of the town in search of picturesque types.[7]

He also chronicled art photography in Romania. His article entitled "Photographie Parisienne" appeared in the Viennese magazine Photographische Correspondenz in 1865.[1]

The artist's last major work was the chromolithographic album of the symbolic carts which paraded the Capital city on 10-11 May 1881, King Carol's coronation pageant.[8]

Most of his life he worked and lived in Bucharest, where he died.

Paintings

  • Church, Bucarest

  • Pe valea Oltului, oil on paper

  • Târgul Moşilor, oil on canvas, 1861, oil

  • Coronation procession, 1881

  • Guerre d'Orient prince Charles I

  • Poiana Marului

  • The Pageants of the Festivity of Coronation of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Romania

  • Watercolor by Szathmari

Photographs

  • Antim Church, album Romania, 1867

  • Curtea de Arges Monastery, album Romania, 1867

  • Jepii, album Romania, 1867

  • receiving the Ruler at Pietroşiţa, album Romania, 1867

  • receiving the Ruler at Cernica, album Romania, 1867

  • Costumes, album Romania, 1867

  • Turk cavalery, 1854

  • Carol I, 1877

  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza, c1860

  • General, 1854-1855

  • Bragagiu, c1860

  • Untitled, c1860

  • Untitled

  • self-portrait

  • self-portrait, CdV format, Library of the Romanian Academy

  • House of Ienăchiţă Văcărescu,1865

  • Mass on the field- the ambulance’s benediction at Poiana, 1877

  • Romanian battery on the banks of the Danube, 1877

  • Strada Izvor,1865

  • The Oltenitza Quarantine,1854

Notes

  1. ↑ Bumbuţ 2009-2010, p. 81
  2. ↑ Ionescu 2013
  3. ↑ Ionescu 2008, p. 114
  4. ↑ Ionescu 2013
  5. ↑ Ionescu 2013
  6. ↑ Ionescu 2013
  7. ↑ Ionescu 2013
  8. ↑ Ionescu 2013

Albums

  • Erdély képekben Kolósvárt : a kir. Lyceum egyesített Könyv és Kőnyomó Intézetében, [1842]. - 16 p., 94 p., [33], HTML. (Hungarian)
  • Episcopie de Curtea de Arg[c]is: photographié et dédié à S. A. S. Charles 1er, prince régnant de Roumanie / par C. P. de Szathmari, peintre et photographe de Son Altesse Sérénissime, 1867 [?] - 47 p., [2]. (French)

Literature

  • "Exposiţiunea Artiştilor Români în viaţă (I, II, III)". Pressa (38-40). May 1898 (Romanian).
  • Ionescu, Adrian-Silvan (2008). The Official artistical mouvement in 19th century Romania, [Mişcarea oficială în România secolului al XIX-lea]. Bucharest: Noi Media Print.
  • Bumbuţ, Cosmin (2009-2010). "Carol Szathmari: Partea I". Punctum (1): 78–? (Romanian).
  • Ionescu, Adrian-Silvan (24 April 2013). "Szathmári, un mare artist documentarist". RIHA Journal (70) (Romanian). With English abstract.
  • Emanuel Bădescu and Radu Olteanu, Carol Popp de Szathmari, fotograful Bucureştilor, Bucharest: Art Historia, 2012 [3]. (Romanian)
  • Iulia Pană, ""Mici developări" din istoria artei fotografice", Datina, Serie Nouă, anul 3, nr. 22, ianuarie 2016, pp. 28-31, PDF. (Romanian)
  • Iulia Pană, ""Mici developări" din istoria artei fotografice (II)", Datina, Serie Nouă, anul 3, nr. 23, februarie 2016, pp. 34-39, PDF.

See also

Links

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