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The Royal Exchange

Photograph
c.1920 (taken)
Artist/Maker
Mr Bernard F. Eilers (photographer)
Place of origin
London (taken)

Bernard F. Eilers (1878-1951) was one of the leading Dutch photographers in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Along with Henri Berssenbrugge and Berend Zweers, Eilers was part of the second generation of Dutch pictorialists and his fine art prints were widely exhibited in the Netherlands during his lifetime. In 1911 he launched his business as a portrait and reproduction photographer. He was one of the Netherlands’ first commercial photographers, undertaking commissions for numerous clients including the Philips Company and Amsterdam-based architects and furniture makers. Around 1935, he created the photographic colour separation technique Foto-chroma Eilers, successfully producing prints of great intensity and depth of colour.

Eilers works are held in numerous collections in the Netherlands, including the Leiden University Special Collections and Amsterdam City Archives.


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Royal Exchange (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bromoil print photograph
Bromoil
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of the Royal Exchange, London, by Bernard F. Eilers, c.1920
Physical description
A bromoil print showing the Royal Exchange, London. People and cars populate the foreground. Signed 'BERN. F. EILERS' in the lower right corner.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 29.5cm
  • Image width: 40.5cm
Gallery label
  • This image shows a scene outside London’s Royal Exchange, the city’s centre of commerce until the 1930s. However, Eilers – a leading Dutch photographer of the early 20th century – does not depict the Exchange as a specific place. Rather, he evokes a generic impression of a bustling metropolis seen through a romantic haze.(10/2012)
  • Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts : Bernard F. Eilers (1878 – 1951) ‘Romance of the Metropolis’ About 1920 This image shows a scene outside London’s Royal Exchange, the city’s centre of commerce until the 1930s. However, Eilers – a leading Dutch photographer of the early 2oth century – does not depict the Exchange as a specific place. Rather, he evokes a generic impression of a bustling metropolis seen through a romantic haze. Bromoil print Given by Joan Luckhurst-Eilers Museum no. E.765-2012 (11 03 2014)
Credit line
The gift of Mrs Joan Luckhurst-Eilers
Places depicted
London
Summary
Bernard F. Eilers (1878-1951) was one of the leading Dutch photographers in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Along with Henri Berssenbrugge and Berend Zweers, Eilers was part of the second generation of Dutch pictorialists and his fine art prints were widely exhibited in the Netherlands during his lifetime. In 1911 he launched his business as a portrait and reproduction photographer. He was one of the Netherlands’ first commercial photographers, undertaking commissions for numerous clients including the Philips Company and Amsterdam-based architects and furniture makers. Around 1935, he created the photographic colour separation technique Foto-chroma Eilers, successfully producing prints of great intensity and depth of colour.

Eilers works are held in numerous collections in the Netherlands, including the Leiden University Special Collections and Amsterdam City Archives.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.765-2012

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Record createdJuly 19, 2012
Record URL
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