Artist

Hans Defregger

Hans Defregger is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Born in the Tyrolean Alps, Hans Defregger photographed mountain life in the late 1800s, trading the studio for villages and valleys. His lens caught farmers, hunters, and their rugged homes in crisp black-and-white plates, try Untitled (Photograph) to see a woman weaving by a wooden loom or a man mending a net at dusk. Slide over to the same bundle to trace the shadows on the same stone walls he captured.

Works by Hans Defregger

Collections represented

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