About Eugen Hoffers
Lived 1832 – 1893 (aged 60–61). Eugen Hoffers was a Finnish photographer.
Carl Eugen Hoffers (1832 Jēkabpils, Courland – 1893 Saint Petersburg photographer. He was one of the most significant photographers of his era in Finland.
Hoffers founded a photo studio in the center of Helsinki in the early 1860s. He gained fame for his documentary and landscape paintings. Among other things, he described the preparations for Alexander II's visit to Helsinki in 1863, and from 1868 onwards, with the emperor's consent, he used the title of court photographer. In 1873 he moved his photographic studio to St. Petersburg, where he gained great notoriety for his work.
Several dozen photographs of Hoffers have been preserved in the archives of the Helsinki City Museum.
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Who was Eugen Hoffers?
Finnish photographer
When was Eugen Hoffers born?
Eugen Hoffers was born in 1832 in Jēkabpils.
When did Eugen Hoffers die?
Eugen Hoffers died in 1893 in Saint Petersburg.
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Eugen Hoffers was a photographer.
What nationality was Eugen Hoffers?
Eugen Hoffers was Finnish.
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