Dora Kallmus
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Born | Dora Philippine Kallmus 20 March 1881 |
Died | 28 October 1963 | (aged 82)
Nationality | Austrian |
Other names | Madame D'Ora Madame d'Ora |
Occupation | Photographer |
Known for | Society and fashion photography |
Dora Philippine Kallmus (20 March 1881 – 28 October 1963), also known as Madame D'Ora or Madame d'Ora, was an Austrian fashion and portrait photographer.[1]
Early life[]
Dora Philippine Kallmus was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1881 to a Jewish family. Her father was a lawyer.[2] Her sister, Anna, was born in 1878 and deported in 1941 during the Holocaust. Although her mother, Malvine (née Sonnenberg), died when she was young, her family remained an important source of emotional and financial support throughout her career.[3]
She became interested in the photography field while assisting the son of the painter Hans Makart, and in 1905 she was the first woman to be admitted to theory courses at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (Graphic Training Institute).[4] That same year she became a member of the Association of Austrian photographers.[1] At that time she was also the first woman allowed to study theory at the Graphischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, which in 1908 granted women access to other courses in photography.
Career[]
In 1907, she established her own studio with Arthur Benda in Vienna called the Atelier d’Ora or Madame D'Ora-Benda. The name was based on the pseudonym "Madame d'Ora", which she used professionally. D'ora and Benda operated a summer studio from 1921 to 1926 in Karlsbad, Germany, and opened another gallery in Paris in 1925.[5] She was represented by Schostal Photo Agency (Agentur Schostal)[6] and it was her intervention that saved the agency's owner after his arrest by the Nazis, enabling him to flee to Paris from Vienna.[7]
Her subjects included Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Tamara de Lempicka, Alban Berg, Maurice Chevalier, Colette, and other dancers, actors, painters, and writers.
Personal life[]
In 1919, d’Ora converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism. She died on 28 October 1963.[1] Four years prior, she had sustained injuries after being hit by a motorcycle in Paris, resulting in her returning to Vienna.[8]
Exhibits[]
- 2012/13: Vienna's Shooting Girls – Jüdische Fotografinnen aus Wien, Jewish Museum Vienna, Austria[9]
- 2018: Madame d’Ora. Machen Sie mich schön!, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria[10]
- 2019/20: Der große Bruch: d'Oras Spätwerk, GrazMuseum, Graz, Austria[11]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Madame d'Ora | Jewish Women's Archive". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Camera". 1980.
- ^ "Madame d'Ora".
- ^ Lothar Schirmer (2001). Women Seeing Women, A Pictorial History of Women's Photography. NY: Norton. p. 218.
- ^ "Madame D'ora - Pictures, Photography, Photo Art Online at LUMAS". LUMAS. Avenso. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ Rebecca Madamba (2008) The Schostal Agency: A Finding Aid for the Schostal Agency Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Thesis of the Honours Bachelors of Arts, Studies in Arts and Culture, Concentration in Curatorial Studies, Brock University.
- ^ Milena Grief, "Agentur Schostal: Mit den Fotos Kehrt die Erinnerung zurück." Rundbrief Fotografie 9, no. 2. (June 2002), 30 - 33
- ^ Faber, Monika; Frecot, Janos; York, Neue Galerie New; Albertina, Graphische Sammlung (2005). Portraits of an Age: Photography in Germany and Austria, 1900-1938. ISBN 9783775715645.
- ^ "Vienna's Shooting Girls. Jewish Women Photographers from Vienna | Jüdisches Museum Wien". www.jmw.at. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "MAKE ME LOOK BEAUTIFUL, MADAME D'ORA! | Archive | EXHIBITIONS | Leopold Museum". www.leopoldmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "Der große Bruch". Grazmuseum (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-08.
Sources[]
- The History of European Photography 1900–1938, FOTOFO., 2011. ISBN 978-80-85739-55-8
Further reading[]
- Faber, Monica. (1987) Madame d'Ora: Vienna and Paris, 1907–1957, the Photography of Dora Kallmus. Vassar College. ISBN 978-0-916663-02-5.
External links[]
Media related to Madame d'Ora at Wikimedia Commons
- Photographer - D'Ora, Luminous-Lint
- 1881 births
- 1963 deaths
- Austrian photographers
- Fashion photographers
- Austrian Jews
- Austrian women photographers
- 20th-century Austrian women artists
- 20th-century women photographers