Tag Archives: Photographer

Born November 25~ Sonya Noskowiak

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Sonya Noskowiak (November 25, 1900-April 28, 1975) was a 20th-century German-American photographer and member of the San Francisco photography collective Group f/64.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Noskowiak

Arthur Noskowiak by Sonya Noskowiak
1931 / Gelatin silver print / 9-5/8”x7-1/4” / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Sonya Noskowiak on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sonya-noskowiak/

Further reading:
https://www.kqed.org/arts/10406015/sonya-noskowiak-a-groundbreaking-but-forgotten-photographer
http://ccp-emuseum.catnet.arizona.edu/view/people/asitem/items@:1692
https://photographyandvision.com/2018/06/18/mondays-photography-inspiration-sonya-noskowiak/

Born November 22~ Dora Maar

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Henriette Theodora Markovitch (November 22, 1907-July 16, 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar

The Conversation by Dora Maar
1937 / Oil on canvas / 63-4/5”x51” / Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation for Art, Madrid, Spain

Dora Maar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dora-maar/

Further reading:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dora-maars-undeniable-influence-generation-surrealists
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dora-maar-15766/seven-things-know-dora-maar
https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2019/11/21/essay-discovering-dora-maar/

Residency Program at the Dora Maar House:
https://maisondoramaar.org/the-fellowships-la-maison-dora-maar/

Born November 20~ Marianne Breslauer

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Marianne Breslauer (November 20, 1909-February 7, 2001) was a German photographer and photojournalist whose work was mainly created between 1927 and 1938.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Breslauer

Dahlem – Berlin (Portrait of Edgar Wallace) by Marianne Breslauer
1927 / Gelatin silver print / 6-9/16”x4-5/8” / J. Paul Getty Museum, LA, CA

Marianne Breslauer on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marianne-breslauer/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/marianne-breslauer/
https://berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibition/marianne-breslauer/
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/breslauer-marianne

Born November 4~ Keisha Scarville

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Keisha Scarville (born November 4, 1975) is an American photographer and multimedia artist. She is an adjunct faculty member at ICP and Parsons School of Art & Design in New York.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisha_Scarville

Untitled from Mama’s Clothes Series (Submerged Hand) by Keisha Scarville
2017 / Archival digital pigment print / 17”x11” / Editions 1-10 of 10 + 2AP

Keisha Scarville on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/keisha-scarville/

Further reading:
https://www.lightwork.org/archive/keisha-scarville-alma/
https://www.womenandperformance.org/ampersand/28-3-rose-king-scarville
http://mokomagazine.org/wordpress/2018/01/02/i-am-here-an-interview-with-keisha-scarville/

Born October 20~ Ella Bergmann-Michel

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Ella Bergmann-Michel (October 20, 1896-August 8, 1971) was a German abstract artist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Bergmann-Michel

Fischlein Rot Stech Dich Tot by Ella Bergmann-Michel / 1918
Pen and India ink and red ink, gold paint, gouache, watercolor, pencil and printed paper collage on paper
19-5/8″x16-1/8″ / Private collection

Ella Bergmann-Michel on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ella-bergmann-michel/

Further reading:
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1522/ella-bergmann-michel-german-1896-1971/
https://www.artsy.net/article/jshtngn-collagestudie-horizontal-1926-and-the-lost-work-of
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/sezione/la-donna-con-la-kinamo-ella-bergmann-michel/

Born October 6~ Emilie Bieber

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Emilie Bieber (1810–1884) was a pioneering nineteenth-century German photographer who ran a studio in Hamburg from 1852 until 1872.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_Bieber

Jenny Lind (also born on October 6, in 1820) by Emilie Bieber

1860s / Albumen carte de visite / 3-3/4″x2-3/8″ / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Emilie Bieber on Artnet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_Bieber

Further reading:
https://dewiki-de.translate.goog/Lexikon/Emilie_Bieber?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc
https://monovisions.com/emilie-bieber-biography-19th-century-pioneer-german-women-photographer/
http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/vexhibit/_PHOTOGRAPHER_1_Bieber_Family_01/2/0/0/

Born September 21~ Susan Macdowell Eakins

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Susan Hannah Macdowell Eakins (September 21, 1851-December 27, 1938) was an American painter and photographer. Susan married Thomas Eakins in 1884; she continued to paint but devoted much of her time to facilitating his career.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Macdowell_Eakins

Portrait of Thomas Eakins by Susan Macdowell Eakins
c.1920-1925 / Oil on canvas / 50″x40″ / Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Susan Macdowell Eakins on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/susan-hannah-macdowell-eakins/

Further reading:
http://collection.terraamericanart.org/view/people/asitem/items$0040null:435/0
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/4174628
https://www.spellmangallery.com/artists/susan-macdowell-eakins

Born August 16~ Ylla

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Ylla (born Camilla Koffler; August 16, 1911-March 30, 1955) was a Hungarian photographer who specialized in animal photography.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ylla

Elephant by Ylla
1950 / Sheet-fed gravure / 10-3/8″x8″ / Private collection

Ylla on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ylla/

Further reading:
http://www.pryordodge.com/ylla.html
https://hundredheroines.org/featured/ylla/
https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/04/11/tragedy-in-india

Born August 2~ Käte Steinitz

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Käte Traumann Steinitz (August 2, 1889-April 7, 1975) was a German-American artist, photographer, collector, writer, librarian, and expert on Leonardo da Vinci.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Steinitz

Young Girl by Käte Steinitz / 1939 / Watercolor and chalk / Sheet: 17-1/2″x12-1/2″
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Käte Steinitz on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/k%C3%A4te-steinitz/

Further reading:
https://arthistorians.info/steinitzk
https://www.ma-g.org/artists/kate-steinitz/
https://collections.lacma.org/node/178972
https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/kate-steinitz/

Born July 17~ Berenice Abbott

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Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898-December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, especially of NYC.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_Abbott

New York City at Night by Berenice Abbott
1932 / Gelatin silver print / 13-1/2″x10 1/2″ / Various collections

Berenice Abbott on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/berenice-abbott/

Further reading:
http://www.artsmia.org/get-the-picture/print/abbott.shtml
https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/artists/berenice-abbott/
https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/berenice-abbott/