Eugen Sandow
by Napoleon Sarony
Title
Eugen Sandow
Artist
Napoleon Sarony
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Photograph - Photo
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Eugen Sandow, in classical ancient Greco-Roman pose, c.1893 (b/w photo) by Sarony, Napoleon (1821-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) born Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller; pioneering bodybuilder of Prussian origin who became a star for Ziegfeld's Follies in USA and is known today as the 'Father of Bodybuilding'; later organised the first major bodybuilding contest in London in 1901 at the Royal Albert Hall, with Arthur Conan Doyle as one of the judges;)
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May 23rd, 2014
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