Franz Xaver Setzer

[1] The ambience of "Setzer – Photographische Bildnisse, behind the German Volkstheater" – as an advertising card from early years describes the location – met the high demands and was equipped with "a lift and a telephone".

In addition to contemporary artists, representatives of the aristocracy, politicians and economists were increasingly included in the group of people who were photographed by Setzer.

[2] Alternating photos show that Franz Xaver Setzer also had friendly contacts with his contemporary colleagues, such as Madame d'Ora and Arthur Benda.

The Salzburg Festival was an opportunity to make photos on location – for example, of Giacomo Puccini, Max Reinhardt and Maria Jeritza – as well as receiving commissions for the studio in Vienna.

[7] An excerpt from the record and negative booklet of the Setzer-Tschiedel archive gives an overview of the extensive oeuvre of portraits taken in the studio of Franz Xaver Setzer and in the following years under Marie Karoline Tschiedel :