Peter Rauter: Immigrants of Influence
Monday 14 April - Friday 30 May 2008
Austrian Cultural Forum, London
The Exhibition will be temporarily closed Tuesday 15 - Thursday 17 April 2008
The exhibition presented by the ACF London pays tribute not only to the personalities and accomplishments of those portrayed but also the life of the photographer Peter Rauter (1948-2006).
Peter Rauter’s collection of photographs record and honour his family’s Austrian heritage and their experience as part of the larger London émigré community, after both his parents had come from Austria to London, his mother on the Kindertransport, and settled in North London. . Among the portraits featured are those of the painter Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, art historian Ernst Gombrich, painter and cartoonist Hugo Dachinger, and gallerist Gustav Delbanco. The original exhibition was awarded the Silver AFAP (Association of Photographers) Award in 1993.333999333999
From top to bottom: Ernst Gombrich, Gustav Delbanco (gallery dealer) and Josephine Stross.