MuseumZeitraum Leipzig. Opening September 2009. Celebrating the works of Johann Dieter Wassmann (1841-1898). A pioneer of early German modernism, Wassmann distinguished himself as an assemblage artist, photographer, writer and sewerage engineer.

The photographic works presented here provide the missing link between the meticulous, but still largely prescriptive street imagery of mid-19th century photographer Charles Marville, and the lyrical melancholy of Eugene Atget in the early 20th century. As a predecessor to his fellow countrymen Heinrich Zille and August Sander, Johann discreetly anticipated what vast potential the photographic arts held for the modernist era.

This project is generously supported by the Wassmann Foundation, Washington, D.C. and Film Victoria, Australia.

MuseumZeitraum Leipzig
Sophie Vogt, director
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