Wolfgang Sievers b. 18 September 1913

  • Artist (Photographer)
German-born Australian photographer whose subject matter consisted primarily of Australian architecture and heavy industry. Sievers arrived in Australia in 1938 and died in Victoria in 2007.

Citations

  • Zucker, David and Jones, Barry (17 August 2007), '“Titan’s lens and moral compass enlightened us all”; Obituaries [First edition]’, “The Age”, Melbourne, VIC, p.7.

  • Sievers, Wolfgang (1998), 'Wolfgang Sievers’, 'Contemporary Photographers: Australia’, Writelight, Neutral Bay, NSW, Ennis, Helen (essay) : Wolfgang Sievers in perspective.

  • 'Australia Post’.

  • 'National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT’.

  • 'National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT’.

  • 'Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW’.

  • Calado, Jorge (c.2000), 'A fotografia de Wolfgang Sievers 1933-1993 : linha da vida = The photography of Wolfgang Sievers 1933-1993 : life line’, Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon.

  • Ennis, Helen (c.1988), 'The life and work of Wolfgang Sievers’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Butler, Roger (ed.) (1997), 'The Europeans : emigre artists in Australia 1930-1960’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • (2002), '20th century Australian photographers : the Richard King collection’, [King Pick Farm, Australia]:[R. King].

See also

  • 'Australia Day commemorative postcard (depicting the writer Jean Campbell), photographed 1950, Australia Post, 1996'.
  • '"Hall of Fame Photographs", SBS TV, interview, Byron Mapp Gallery, Sydney, NSW, 1996'.
  • '"Master Photographers of Australia - Max Dupain, Wolfgang Sievers and David Moore",', A film Australia Production by Paperbark Films, directed by Greg Reed and Wolfgang Knochel, 1992.
  • 'Eastway, Peter "Australian legends: Wolfgang Sievers", 'Better Photography, no.17, (Spring 1999) pp. 44-47'.
  • 'Sweetland, Gillian "Wolfgang Sievers, the myth and the man", for 'Shell World', 1991'.
  • 'Lynn, Elwynn "60 years in focus through a shy lens", The Weekend Australian, December 28-29, 1991'.
  • 'Annual reports for (among others): Alcoa, 1970; Kemtron, 1981; Shell Australia Ltd, 1983;', NLA, 1995-1996.
  • ''Stanhill. 14 Images by Wolfgang Sievers of Frederick Romberg's Stanhill, 1951', [Text by Helen Stuckey and Harriet Edquist] RMIT, Melbourne, VIC, 1999'.
  • ''Wolfgang Sievers' (Contemporary Photographers, Australia series), Writelight, Neutral Bay, NSW, 1998', (Monograph).
  • 'Calado, Jorge 'Waterproof' Edition Stemmle, Zurich, 1998', (monograph).
  • 'Butler, Roger ed. 'The Fuji ACMP Australian Photographer's Collection 2', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 1997'.
  • ''In Focus - Australia's Heritage in Stamps', Australia Post, 1991'.
  • ''The Life and work of Wolfgang Sievers' [text by Helen Ennis], Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT, 1991', (monograph).
  • 'Newton, Gael 'Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW 1980 p. 132'.
  • ''El Dorado-Colombian Gold' Australian Art Exhibitions Corporation Ltd, 1978', (exhibition catalogue).
  • 'Johnson, Donald L. 'The Architecture of Walter Burley Griffin' Macmillan, Melbourne, VIC, 1977'.
  • 'Heintz, Alfred 'The Fabulous Hill' D.W. Paterson Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne, VIC, 1959'.
  • Powerhouse Museum, '98/99/1 Photographic print, advertisement for Elbeo Stockings, paper, Wolfgang Sievers, Berlin, Germany, 1938 [printed early 1950s]', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW. http://from.ph/166182
  • Powerhouse Museum, '98/99/2 Photographic print, advertisment for Elbeo Stockings, Wolfgang Sievers, Berlin, Germany, 1938 [printed early 1950s]', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW. http://from.ph/166184
  • Powerhouse Museum, '94/141/1 Photographic print, 'French fashion models at Geiger's handbag shop in Collins Street, Melbourne, 1946', paper, Wolfgang Sievers, Australia, 1994', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW. http://from.ph/138666