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August Sander
German photographer (1876-1964)
Also known as Avgust Zander · Auguste Sander
- Born
- November 17, 1876
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in RKDartists“August Sander”
- 4.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of ArtistsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Luminous-LintRetrieved 2017-10-09
- November 17, 1876
- Died
- April 20, 1964
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in RKDartists“August Sander”
- 4.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of ArtistsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Luminous-LintRetrieved 2017-10-09
- April 20, 1964
- Birthplace
- Herdorf
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
- 2.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-08-10
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Herdorf
- Place of death
- Cologne
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Sources- 1.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-08-10
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Cologne
- Citizenship
- Germany
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- Germany
- Occupation
- photographer
3
Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP/CISAC membership list at 07/01/2019Retrieved 2020-09-20
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 3.“Antlitz der Zeit. 60 Aufnahmen deutscher Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/24926-august-sander-antlitz-der-zeit.-60-aufnahmen-deutscher-menschen-des-20.-jahrhundertsRetrieved 2021-09-07
- , visual artist
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- photographer
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- German
2
Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in CONOR.SI
- German
- Notable work
- People of the 20th Century
1
Sources- 1.“Das Auge des Jahrhunderts – Das Vermächtnis des Fotografen August Sander”presse.wdr.de/plounge/tv/wdr_fernsehen/2016/02/20160229_das_auge_des_jahrhunderts.htmlRetrieved 2025-06-20
- People of the 20th Century
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- Place of burial
- Melaten-Friedhof
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Sources- 1.“August Sander”melatenfriedhof.de/grab/august-sander/Retrieved 2026-03-06
- Melaten-Friedhof
- Commons Creator page
- August Sander
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- 3.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-08-10
- 4.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-04
- male
- Awards
- prix Nadar Gens d'images(1982)
- Q641545(1961)
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Sources- 1.“August Sander. Ein Jahrhundertleben”augustsander.org/page/biographyRetrieved 2025-06-19
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany(1960)
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Sources- 1.“August Sander. Ein Jahrhundertleben”augustsander.org/page/biographyRetrieved 2025-06-19
- Has works in the collection
- Städel Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- National Gallery of Victoria
- Tate
- National Gallery of Art
- National Gallery of Canada
- Museum of Modern Art
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- Victoria and Albert Museum
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Sources- 1.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-08-10
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1
Sources- 1.“Antlitz der Zeit. 60 Aufnahmen deutscher Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/24926-august-sander-antlitz-der-zeit.-60-aufnahmen-deutscher-menschen-des-20.-jahrhundertsRetrieved 2021-09-07
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
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Sources- 1.Stated in ZKM Center for Art and Media KarlsruheRetrieved 2022-06-30
- Photography Collection location: New York Public Library Main Branch
- Michael C. Carlos Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
1
- Child
- Erich Sander
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Sources- 1.“August Sanders unbeugsamer Sohn.”museenkoeln.de/portal/August-Sanders-unbeugsamer-SohnRetrieved 2026-03-06
- Erich Sander
- Copyright representative
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
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Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP directoryRetrieved 2019-12-18
- 2.Stated in DACS registerRetrieved 2020-09-17
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 70 years pma
- Name in native language
- August Sander
- Residence
- Kuchhausen
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Sources- 1.“August Sander. Ein Jahrhundertleben”augustsander.org/page/biographyRetrieved 2025-06-20
- Kuchhausen
- Genre
- documentary photography
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Sources- 1.“August Sander: der Chronist des Alltäglichen”dw.com/de/august-sander-der-chronist-des-allt%C3%A4glichen/a-46773899Retrieved 2025-06-20
- documentary photography
On other databases
119 identifiers linking August Sander across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID30574
- ADAGP artist IDaugust-sander-44274
- Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID10163
- ArtBrokerage artist IDAugust-Sander
- Artcyclopedia artist IDsander_august
- ARTIC artist ID36532
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlineaugust-sander
- Artist-info artist ID30137
- Artists of the World IDzz063182
- Artnet artist IDaugust-sander
- Artsy artist IDaugust-sander
- AskArt person ID11067554
- Babelio author ID33714
- Basis Wien person ID60473
- Benezit IDB2236011
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12318001f
- BookBrainz author ID49421971-91ab-4dfa-a902-8beb0b198e55
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDsander-august
- Christie's creator ID42947
- CIRDOC author ID18271
- CONOR.SI ID59060067
- Cultureel Woordenboek IDfotografie/august-sander
- DACS ID (2022)000958
- DACS ID (former)0ea2e70a-4c6a-460a-8603-260ed74197a2
- DDB person (GND) ID118605364
- De Agostini IDSander,+August
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID118605364
- DFK Paris person ID0003940644
- DigitaltMuseum ID0210311679123
- Discogs artist ID2313308
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID183015
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDbiography/August-Sander
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDaugust-sander-voir-observer-et-penser
- Europeana entityagent/base/150834
- FAST ID4947
- FES digital collections entity ID387675
- FID performing arts IDagent/gnd_118605364
- FotoCH photographer ID27110
- Fotografen.nl ID99764
- Freebase ID/m/03n0wg
- George Eastman Museum people ID79966
- GND ID118605364
- Goodreads author ID264859
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDAugust_Sander
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDzander-avgust-0aaf7f
- Grove Art Online IDT075638
- HAND IDD1F0-3946-2D83-3FA0-2A1C
- ICP artist IDaugust-sander
- IdRef ID03208126X
- IMDb IDnm11956847
- Invaluable.com person IDof4up3e662
- IPI base codeI-001926498-1
- ISNI0000000123207379
- IxTheo authority ID25303096X
- J. Paul Getty Museum agent IDperson/103KG6
- J9U entity ID987007267576005171
- Japan Search name IDアウグスト・ザンダー
- Joconde author IDT513-27284
- Kallías IDPE00003701
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID118605364
- KBR person ID13937203
- KulturNav-ID781d54ea-cff4-404f-86e0-b5210e77e133
- Le Delarge artist ID21357_artiste_SANDER_August
- Lex IDAugust_Sander
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn50015807
- Libris-URItr5787rc2dc4qs9
- Luminous-Lint IDAugust__Sander
- MACM artist IDsander-august
- Met Constituent ID54865
- Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID1211
- Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID30928
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID5145
- MutualArt artist ID85571547E79277F8
- National Gallery of Art artist ID6759
- National Gallery of Canada artist IDaugust-sander
- National Gallery of Victoria artist ID2181
- National Library of Latvia ID000067548
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810696056305606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX997522
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID06860811X
- NDL Authority ID00474376
- NE.se IDaugust-sander
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID11811
- NL CR AUT IDxx0001814
- NLA Trove people ID966173
- NLP IDa0000001691719
- NUKAT IDn01105680
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3971968
- Open Library IDOL75217A
- OpenMLOL author ID216174
