Regina Relang
Regina Relang (1906–1989) was a German fashion photographer and photojournalist active in the 1930s and 1960s. She documented the latest designs of prominent fashion houses.
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Regina Relang
- Born
- 1906. · Stuttgart.
- Died
- 1989. · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Education
- State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Languages
- German.
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Regina Relang (1906–1989) was a German fashion photographer and photojournalist active in the 1930s and 1960s. She documented the latest designs of prominent fashion houses.
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Biography
Regina Relang studied at State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. The recorded working language is German. Work by Regina Relang is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum. Distinctions recorded are Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Relang (born Regina Lang) was born in Stuttgart in 1906, daughter of painter Paul Lang and textile designer Minna Lang-Kurz. Her younger sister was the jewelry designer Anni Schaad. Relang studied painting at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart and the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Her introduction to the world of fashion came after she befriended fashion photographer Willy Maywald and moved to Paris. Relang began working for Vogue in 1938, publishing photographs in the French, American, and British editions. Her work was also regularly used in Die Dame, Elegante Welt, Madame, Harper's Bazaar, Film und Frau, and Constanze. Over the course of her career, she photographed the women's fashion of Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, and Yves Saint-Laurent and reported on haute couture shows from Paris and Rome. Her photographs are known for their elegance, glamour, and use of lifelike settings that contrast with the designs being showcased. Models photographed by Relang include Jean Patchett, Linda Morand, Ina Balke, Isa Stoppi, Elsa Martinelli, Simone D'Aillencourt, and Suzy Parker. Relang was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 1972 and the David Octavius Hill Medal in 1973. She died in Munich in 1989.
Recent exhibitions
Recent exhibitions
• Lo Sguardo Italiano: Fashion photographs from 1951 to today, Fondazione Pitti Discovery, 2005 • Vanity, National Museum, Kraków, 2013 • Rich Pickings: Displaying Wealth, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 2014 • Who's Afraid of Women Photographers, Musée d'Orsay, 2015 • Silk gowns and leather jackets: The fashion studio of Erika Segel-Reinhardt, Historical Museum, Frankfurt, 2015 • Regina Relang: Staging Elegance: Fashion and photojournalism from 1930 to 1980, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, 2016 • The Invention of Press Photography: From the Ullstein Collection 1894–1945, Deutsches Historisches Museum, 2017
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Life and career
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1906
Regina Relang was born on 1 January 1906.
1989
Regina Relang died on 1 January 1989.
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Stuttgart.
Birth place
Munich.
Death place
Publications
• The Elegant World of Regina Relang. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2005., 296 pages, German and English.
Collections
Collections
• Munich Stadtmuseum • Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen • Getty Museum • Historisches Museum (Frankfurt)
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Primary material
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10105498-1, Ausstellung Die Elegante Welt der Regina Relang, Mode- und Reportagefotografien (2005-2006 : München; Heilbronn).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1776714: Regina Relang
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- “Regina Relang”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10105498-1, Ausstellung Die Elegante Welt der Regina Relang, Mode- und Reportagefotografien (2005-2006 : München; Heilbronn).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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