Bielsko, portrait of a couple, photo by A. F. Thiel. 1860s. Dimensions: 6.5 x 10 cm
Albert Ferdynand Thiel, born in 1829. Thiel opened his first studio in the late 1850s in Bielsko at Kaiserstrasse 44 (now 44 Cieszyńska Street). In 1865, he took over the studio of a certain A. Rosner at 107 Dolne Przedmieście (later relocated to 11 Haupstrasse, now 11 Listopada Street). Thiel was a member of the Bielsko Association of Various Crafts. He won a silver medal at the Silesian Industrial Exhibition in Bielsko in 1890. Thiel closed his workshop before 1893, and his studio was taken over by Hugo Schreinzer.
