Photographer. He attended schools in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee. He learned photography from his brother-in-law Theodore Moritz Schleier. In 1884 he formed Knaffl and Brother in Knoxville, Tennessee with his younger brother Charles. Their best-known photograph was the "Knaffl Madonna" (1890) which later won praise at the Photographer's Association of American Art Convention in Lake Chautauqua, New York. The "Knaffl Madonna" became a very famous image and is still used. Hallmark used it frequently on its greeting cards. Their artistic images were featured in national magazines such as "The Photographic Review", "Photo-era Magazine", "Photographic Times", "Anthony's Photographic Bulletin", and "Wilson's Photographic Magazine". "The Prophets," won a gold medal at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. One of their historical photos was later used on album cover by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson. After Charles' death in 1904, he formed another studio, Knaffl and Brakebill, in 1909 with former student James Henry Brakebill. They became known for their innovation with "Relief Image" photography by using light, acids and shorter exposure time. In 1910 they submitted one of their Madonna and Child images into the Appalachian Exposition, Knoxville that ran from September 12 to October 12, 1910. They provided photography for the National Conservation Exposition of 1913. They became known for their pioneering historical and religious themed relief Images.
Photographer. He attended schools in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee. He learned photography from his brother-in-law Theodore Moritz Schleier. In 1884 he formed Knaffl and Brother in Knoxville, Tennessee with his younger brother Charles. Their best-known photograph was the "Knaffl Madonna" (1890) which later won praise at the Photographer's Association of American Art Convention in Lake Chautauqua, New York. The "Knaffl Madonna" became a very famous image and is still used. Hallmark used it frequently on its greeting cards. Their artistic images were featured in national magazines such as "The Photographic Review", "Photo-era Magazine", "Photographic Times", "Anthony's Photographic Bulletin", and "Wilson's Photographic Magazine". "The Prophets," won a gold medal at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. One of their historical photos was later used on album cover by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson. After Charles' death in 1904, he formed another studio, Knaffl and Brakebill, in 1909 with former student James Henry Brakebill. They became known for their innovation with "Relief Image" photography by using light, acids and shorter exposure time. In 1910 they submitted one of their Madonna and Child images into the Appalachian Exposition, Knoxville that ran from September 12 to October 12, 1910. They provided photography for the National Conservation Exposition of 1913. They became known for their pioneering historical and religious themed relief Images.
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