Photography jewish photographer book. Steffi Brandl A Berlin Portrait Photographer Berlin Museum of Modern Art ...

Photography jewish photographer book. Steffi Brandl A Berlin Portrait Photographer Berlin Museum of Modern Art 2016. 79 pages. New condition. 27.5 x 23.5 cm. 700 grams

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Steffi Brandl (1897 – 1966)

2014 grant-holder Elke Tesch has been working on archive records relating to the Berlin portrait photographer Steffi Brandl. Brandl was a leading portrait photographer in the city during the 1920s and 1930s. Well-known artists and celebrities, such as Max Liebermann, Renée Sintenis and Adolf Loos, had their pictures taken at her studio in Berlin in the years before she emigrated to the United States, as a consequence of her Jewish origins, in 1938. Her life and work have not been widely known in the past. Elke Tesch’s objective was to fill in the gaps and to examine Brandl’s work in the context of a time when a number of women had chosen this profession. Tesch did uncover important new biographical details and insights into the way Steffi Brandl went about her work. Her discussions with photography scholars and contemporary witnesses, as well meticulous trawling of the source material, have produced some often surprising results. Previously unknown works by Steffi Brandl have been identified in numerous magazines and archives. A steadily expanding catalogue raisonné is taking shape in conjunction with the holdings at the Berlinische Galerie.