Else Thalemann
Else Thalemann (29 March 1901– 19 October 1984) was a German photographer.
Also recorded as Else Dorothea Thalemann · Else Thaleman · Else Dorothea Moosdorfer
Else Thalemann
- Born
- 1901 · Berlin.
- Died
- 1984 · Mölln.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- photographer · photojournalist
- Languages
- German
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Else Thalemann, “Photographin”, artista, fotoreporter e “photographers”, nacque nel 1901 a Berlino (Berlin state) e morì nel 1984 a Mölln.
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She was born Else Moosdorf March 29, 1901. During the 1930s Thaleman was employed as a photojournalist in Berlin. Thalemann photographed the industrialization of the Ruhr area as well as photographing the construction of the Effle Tower. Around the same period she was employed by Ernst Fuhrmann to photograph the structure of plants. She is reported to have abandoned photography in 1938 when Fuhrmann moved to the United States. Her Berlin photography studio was destroyed by bombing during the second world war. She died October 19, 1984, in Stift Lauterbach, Germany.
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Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, the International Center of Photography, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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- 1.Stamm, Rainer. Der Folkwang Verlag - Auf dem Weg zu einem imaginären Museum. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. 155. 2016. 978-3-11-093777-0.
- 2.Rhein, Christina. Frauenmosaik: Frauenbiographien aus dem Berliner Stadtbezirk Treptow-Köpenick. Trafo. 2001. 978-3-89626-343-8.
- 3.Goldberg, Vicki. A New Use for That Useful Maiden Aunt (It's a Job). The New York Times. A.42. 27 March 1994.
- 4.Antle, Martine. Photo-Graphie De La Tour Eiffel Chez Barthes Et Cocteau. Romance Notes. 33. 2. 150. 1992. 0035-7995.
- 5.Russell, Anna. The Art Gift List --- Tired of giving plaid scarves and gift cards for the holidays? Consider art as a creative gift alternative. The Wall Street Journal. D.1. 19 December 2014.
- 6.Reichwein, Marc. Der magische Blick. Die Welt. 31. 28 March 2020.
- 7.Travis, David. In and of the Eiffel Tower. Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 13. 1. 15–17. 1987. 0069-3235.
- 8.Else Thalemann: Tubosaurus, No. 30914. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
- 9.Artists: Else Thalemann. Art Institute of Chicago.
- 10.Korola, Katerina. The Air of Objectvity: Albert Renger-Patzsch and the Photography of Industry. Representations. 157. 107. 2022. 0734-6018.
- 11.[Front Matter]. Chicago Review. 41. 4. 1995. 0009-3696.
- 12.Else Thalemann. J. Paul Getty Museum.
- 13.Walsh, John. Acquisitions/1990. The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal. 19. 183. 1991. 0362-1979.
- 14.Knight, Christopher. Women, and Europe, on the Edge: In the 1920s and 1930s, as a new Getty exhibition makes plain, a sizable number of women turned to the camera as medium for their own self-invention. Los Angeles Times. OCF1. 26 August 1993.
- 15.Else Thalemann. International Center of Photography.
- 16.Artists: Else Thalemann. National Gallery of Art.
- 17.Art: Laternenputzer, Else Thalemann. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 18.Collections: Else Thalemann - Industrie Ruhgebiet. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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