Dora Kallmus

Dora Kallmus
Born Dora Philippine Kallmus
20 March 1881
Vienna, Austria
Died 28 October 1963 (1963-10-29) (aged 82)
Frohnleiten (near Steiermark), Austria
Nationality Austrian
Other names Madame D'Ora
Occupation Photographer
Known for Society and fashion photography

Dora Philippine Kallmus (also known as Madame D'Ora; 20 March 1881 – 28 October 1963) was an Austrian fashion and portrait photographer.[1]

Early life

Dora Philippine Kallmus was born in Vienna, 1881. In 1905 she was the first woman to be admitted to theory courses at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (Graphic Training Institute).[2] That same year she became a member of the Association of Austrian photographers.[1]

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.[3] She was represented by Schostal Photo Agency (Agentur Schostal)[4] 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.[5]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Madame d'Ora | Jewish Women's Archive". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ↑ Lothar Schirmer (2001). Women Seeing Women, A Pictorial History of Women's Photography. NY: Norton. p. 218.
  3. ↑ "Madame D'ora - Pictures, Photography, Photo Art Online at LUMAS". LUMAS. Avenso. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Milena Grief, "Agentur Schostal: Mit den Fotos Kehrt die Erinnerung zurück." Rundbrief Fotografie 9, no. 2. (June 2002), 30 - 33

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.
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