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Leonard von Matt
Born	14 March 1909 Stans, Switzerland
Died	12 November 1988 (aged 79) Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland
Occupation	Photographer
Spouse	Brigitte Lehmann (m. 1937)
Father	Hans von Matt-Odermatt
Relatives	Hans von Matt (brother) Josef von Matt (brother)

Leonard von Matt (14 March 1909 – 12 November 1988) was a Swiss photographer. He was the author of more than 50 photo books on art, architecture, and religion, with a focus on Rome and Italy. Like his brother, the artist Hans von Matt, and Hans's wife Annemarie von Matt, he became known beyond Nidwalden.

Biography

Leonard von Matt was the son of Hans von Matt and a brother of Hans and Josef. In 1937 he married Brigitte Lehmann. He attended the college (Kollegium) in Stans and, from 1924 to 1928, the Gymnasium in Engelberg.

He worked as a bookseller from 1930 to 1936 and as an assistant at the Eidenbenz studio (Atelier Eidenbenz) in Basel in 1938–1939, and was a freelance photographer from 1945 to 1973. He was the author of more than 50 photo books on art, architecture, and religion, with a focus on Rome and Italy. In 1995 a retrospective of his work was shown in Lucerne.

Works

• Leonard von Matt, edited by M. Kaiser-von Matt et al., 1995

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Matt, Leonard von​, Georg Sütterlin, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Matt, von​, Fabian Hodel, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Bibliography

• Photographie in der Schweiz, 1992
• M. Kaiser-von Matt et al., "Leonard von Matt", in Nidwaldner Kalender, 135, 1994, 61–73