Werner Bischof

Date/place of birth

26. May 1916 ZürichSwitzerland

Day/place of death

16. May 1954 TrujilloPeru

Werner Bischof - biography

After studying art history at the “Kunstgewerbeschule” in Zurich, Werner Bischof made a living as a self-employed advertising and fashion photographer as of 1936. In autumn 1945 he moved to South Germany and documented the desperate conditions in the aftermath of the Second World War on camera. In 1949, Bischof became a member of the photography agency "Magnum", and proceeded to work as a photojournalist in the Middle and Far East and in South America. He died in a tragic car crash in the Andes in 1954.

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Werner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Werner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Estimate 2.500 €
Result 4.750 €
Lot 980
Werner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Werner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Estimate 2.500 €
Result 4.464 €
Lot 121
Werner Bischof - Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru

Werner Bischof - Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru

Estimate 2.000 €
Result 4.216 €
Lot 127
Werner Bischof - In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Werner Bischof - In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Estimate 1.800 €
Result 4.114 €
Lot 95
Werner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Werner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Estimate 2.500 €
Result 3.500 €
Lot 697
Werner Bischof - In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Werner Bischof - In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Estimate 2.000 €
Result 2.928 €
Lot 86
Werner Bischof - Junks, Kowloon, Hongkong

Werner Bischof - Junks, Kowloon, Hongkong

Estimate 1.500 €
Result 1.860 €
Lot 120
Werner Bischof - Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru

Werner Bischof - Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru

Estimate 2.000 €
Result 1.860 €
Lot 105
Werner Bischof - The dancer Anjali Hora, Bombay, India

Werner Bischof - The dancer Anjali Hora, Bombay, India

Estimate 1.500 €
Result 1.464 €
Lot 138
Werner Bischof - Peru

Werner Bischof - Peru

Estimate 800 €
Result 1.000 €
Lot 695
Werner Bischof - Japan

Werner Bischof - Japan

Estimate 800 €
Result 1.000 €
Lot 696

Werner Bischof Prices

ArtistArtworkPrice
Werner BischofWerner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan €4.750
Werner BischofWerner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan €4.464
Werner BischofWerner Bischof - Auf dem Weg nach Cuzco, Peru €4.216
Werner BischofWerner Bischof - In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan €4.114
Werner BischofWerner Bischof - In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan €3.500
Werner BischofWerner Bischof - In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan €2.928