ÖZKD LXXVIII 2025 Heft 1, pp. 102-124, 2025/05/08
Monitoring in der Archäologie
As the son of the famous painter and decor artist Makart in Vienna, Hans Makart the Younger (1870–1946) was the first photographer in Austria employed on behalf of the Ministry for Culture and Education in the service of monument protection. He held this office for many years and at that time became the most important photogra-pher of the book series “Austrian Art Topography”. After founding his own workshop in 1902, he began working for the imperial Central Commission for the Research and Preservation of Art and Historical Monuments in 1904. By giving lectures and participating in exhibitions, he helped to publicize monument preservation. During World War I, he worked to protect Austro-Hungarian art at the southwest front in Friuli. In 1919, he became technical director in the newly founded state photography office, which maintained a close collaboration with the office for historic monument preservation. Here as well, his primary activity was dedicated to photographic documentation for topographic inventory taking.