[MOUNTAINS - mountain trip - posed photograph]. [1908?]. Photograph form. 16.7x24.1 cm on original backing form....

[MOUNTAINS - mountain trip - posed photograph]. [1908?]. Photograph form. 16.7x24.1 cm on original base form. 18.2x26 cm, by A[wit] Szubert in Szczawnica.
A group of people posed for a commemorative photograph against the background of a striking decoration with mountain motifs. On the sides stand two men and a woman in regional costumes. Photo pasted on original thick cardboard backing. On the back stamp: "A. Szubert in Cracow 7 Krupnicza Street Szczawnica in Cursalon [...]" and nearly 20 handwritten ink signatures of the portrayed. Photo removed from frame(traces of peeling on margins). Backing slightly stained, overall good condition.
A. Szubert (1837-1919) - painter, photographer, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (student of W. Łuszczkiewicz and W. Stattler), in Rome and Vienna. One of the first Tatra photographers. He photographed mainly the Tatra Mountains and Pieniny. He opened establishments in Oświęcim (1864), in Cursalon in Szczawnica (1865-1866) and in Cracow (1867-1882 at 17 Krupnicza Street) and again in Szczawnica (1882-1909). In 1876, the photographic establishment at 17 Krupnicza Street was awarded a medal of progress at a photographic exhibition in Brussels. Between 1893 and 1913 the establishment was run by his son Awit, and between 1913 and 1914 by his wife Amalia. From the 1870s he also photographed works of art, mainly paintings.