Oskar Barnack

1st November, 1879 (Lynow, Germany) – 16th January, 1936 (Bad Nauheim, Germany)

Our boutique hotel has designed an Executive room, with a double bed, that represents this inventor.

The painting on the wall reflects the lens of a camera. The black and white colors refer to photographs of the time and the skin represents the way cameras used to be protected.

You can capture these details only on our Torel Avantgarde.

Oskar Barnack - Torel Avantgarde
Oskar Barnack - Torel Avantgarde
Oskar Barnack - Torel Avantgarde
Oskar Barnack - Torel Avantgarde

About The Artist...

Oskar Barnack Was A German Optical Engineer, Precision Mechanic, Industrial Designer, And Father Of 35mm Photography.

Oskar Barnack - Torel Avantgarde

While working for Leitz, a microscope manufacturer, the engineer, master and photography enthusiast, invented the original Ur-Leica (Leica I): the first precision miniature camera to become commercially possible. Barnack and Leica were captured through the lens itself.

His Main Work:

Ur-Leica – the prototype of a small format 35mm camera.


“ou must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.” – Oskar Barnack