
Willy Zielke
Polish Photographer · 1902–1989
32 works on LinkedCulture
Before moving to Germany with his family, Willy Otto Zielke studied railway engineering in Russia. He settled in Munich and began to study photography at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Fotografie. He made precisely crafted photographs, including many still-life compositions, and was then appointed master teacher at the school in 1928. In 1932 he began working with motion pictures and produce
Works
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[Abstract composition]
Getty Museum · about 1923–1930
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[Abstract composition]
Getty Museum · about 1923–1930
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[Abstract composition]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1939
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Agfa-Variation I
Getty Museum · about 1930
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Agfa-Variation II
Getty Museum · about 1930
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![[Candles]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F2ad768ff-19ac-41a7-ba42-2c086f714fa8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Candles]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1939
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Der Drachenbaum
Getty Museum · about 1931
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Die Königin
Getty Museum · 1932
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Einsamer Weg
Getty Museum · 1931
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[Face and hand pressed against glass]
Getty Museum · 1937
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[Face pressed against glass]
Getty Museum · 1937
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Fantasie, aus der serie "Kerzen"
Getty Museum · 1933
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[Female nude]
Getty Museum · about 1923–1940
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[Female nude seated on ledge]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1950
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Glas-Licht-Raum
Getty Museum · 1929
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Glasplattenstapel I
Getty Museum · 1929
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[Hand adjusting knob on control board]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1940
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![[Industrial building beside railroad tracks]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F6a89886e-6900-4ab8-be0e-34c4deb11bfc%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Industrial building beside railroad tracks]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1939
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Industrielandschaft
Getty Museum · 1935
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Industrielandschaft
Getty Museum · 1935
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Meine Schüler
Getty Museum · 1928–1936
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Naturalistische Studie
Getty Museum · 1931
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Photogram VI
Getty Museum · 1923
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![[Pyramid]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F17535e77-628d-4a5a-9835-c4869bfc3b26%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Pyramid]
Getty Museum · 1929
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![[Railroad signals]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F3853f319-4e2b-4d5c-960c-d60f6e1affd7%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Railroad signals]
Getty Museum · about 1930–1939
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[Railroad tracks]
Getty Museum · 1933–1935
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[Studio Set-up with Camera, Light, Glass Table & Arrangement of Glass Beakers]
Getty Museum · 1928
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![[Switches and Sockets]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F76047342-e34c-4cb4-8fea-801d51970369%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Switches and Sockets]
Getty Museum · 1933
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[Two nudes]
Getty Museum · about 1923–1940
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Untitled (Railroad Tracks)
Getty Museum · 1933–1935
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![[Work from the "Glas" series]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F72668a46-88f6-4cf9-b532-a6eafcfadbf9%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Work from the "Glas" series]
Getty Museum · 1934
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[Work from the "Kerzen" series]
Getty Museum · 1933–1934
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