Lisette Model
1901–1983
Biography
Lisette Model (née Élise Amélie Félice Stern; American, born Austria) took music lessons with Arnold Schönberg as a child and continued her musical education in Paris in 1926. In 1933 she gave up music for photography, already publishing her first pictures in the magazine Regards in 1935. She and her husband Evsa Model emigrated in 1938 to the US, where she met Beaumont Newhall, Ansel Adams, and Alexey Brodovitch. Model’s photographic work centers on people as representatives of a social order. She shot photo series about society ladies, New York nightlife, and the circus and published her work in Harper's Bazaar. In 1951 she began teaching at the New School for Social Research, where one of her students was Diane Arbus.
Press
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L'Œil de la Photographie: Sheroes of Photography, Part I
Mar 02, 2021
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Der Tagesspiegel: LICHTGESTALTEN | LUMINARIES
Feb 27, 2021
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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: HEROINES WITH THE CAMERA
Feb 20, 2021
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Der Tagesspiegel: Schöne der Nacht
Apr 08, 2006
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tip: Die Arbeit, eine Frau zu sein
Mar 23, 2006
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Edel belichtet
May 09, 2004
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db artmag: Mythos MoMA
May 01, 2004
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Wirtschaftswoche: MoMA und mehr
Mar 25, 2004
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Der Tagesspiegel: Aus dem Familienalbum
Feb 21, 2004
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unknown source: Geburt einer Kunst
Feb 18, 2004
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Welt am Sonntag: Berühmt und doch übergangen
Feb 15, 2004
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tip: Kunst: Sammlung MoMA
Feb 12, 2004
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art: American Season
Feb 01, 2004