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19th-century models

29 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alma MahlerPerson · Music memorabiliaAlma Mahler-Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite.
Beatrice HastingsAuthor · BooksBeatrice Hastings was the pen name of Emily Alice Haigh (27 January 1879 – 30 October 1943), an English writer, literary critic, poet and theosophist.
Bella RosenfeldAuthor · BooksShe was born in Vitebsk and died in New York City.
Carmen MondragónArtist · PaintingsMaría del Carmen Mondragón Valseca (July 8, 1893 – January 23, 1978), also known as Nahui Olin, was a Mexican painter, poet, and artist's model.
Charlotte Berend-CorinthIllustrator · IllustrationCharlotte Berend-Corinth (25 May 1880 – 10 January 1967) was a German Jewish painter and artist in the Berliner Secession. She was married to German painter Lovis Corinth.
Dorothy GibsonPerson · Film memorabiliaDorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century.
Elisabeth Erdmann-MackeArtist · PaintingsElisabeth Erdmann-Macke (née Gerhardt; 11 May 1888 – 17 March 1978) was a German writer who focused on memoirs of her time as the wife of the expressionist painter August Macke, who had…
Elsa von Freytag-LoringhovenArtist · SculptureElsa Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven (née Else Hildegard Plötz; 12 July 1874 – 14 December 1927) was a German avant-garde visual artist and poet, who was active in Greenwich Village, New…
Emilie Louise FlögeDesigner · FashionEmilie Louise Flöge was an Austrian fashion designer, model, art collector and entrepreneur (1874–1952). She was born in Vienna.
Ethel ReedIllustrator · IllustrationEthel Reed (March 13, 1874 – March 1, 1912) was an American graphic artist. In the 1890s, her works received critical acclaim in America and Europe.
Fanny BricePerson · Music memorabiliaFania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many…
Fernande BarreyArtist · PaintingsFernande Barrey (9 January 1893 in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – 17 July 1960 in Paris) was a French artist model and painter.
Fernande OlivierArtist · PaintingsFernande Olivier (born Amélie Lang; 6 June 1881 – 29 January 1966) was a French artist and model known primarily for having been the model and first muse of painter Pablo Picasso, and for…
Josephine HopperArtist · PaintingsJosephine "Jo" Verstille Hopper (née Nivison; March 18, 1883 – March 6, 1968) was an American painter and the wife of painter Edward Hopper.
Loïe FullerPerson · Film memorabiliaLoie Fuller (born Marie Louise Fuller; January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928), also known as Louie Fuller and Loïe Fuller, was an American dancer and a pioneer of modern dance and theatrical…
Maria ZambacoArtist · SculptureMaria Zambaco (29 April 1843, London – 14 July 1914, Paris), born Marie Terpsithea Cassavetti (sometimes spelled Maria Tepsithia Kassavetti or referred to as Mary), was a British artist's…
Marie Spartali StillmanArtist · PaintingsMarie Stillman (Spartali; Greek: Μαρία Σπαρτάλη; 10 March 1844 – 6 March 1927) was a British painter.
Olga DesmondPerson · Film memorabiliaOlga Desmond (born Olga Antonie Sellin; 2 November 1890 – 2 August 1964) was a German dancer, actress, art model and living statue.
Olha KhokhlovaArtist · PaintingsOlga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a Russian ballet dancer in the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and based in Paris.
Suzanne ValadonEngraver · PrintsMarie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon (syzan valadɔ̃; 23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France.
Tina ModottiPerson · Film memorabiliaTina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian and American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political…
Valeska GertPerson · Film memorabiliaValeska Gert (11 January 1892 – c. 16 March 1978) was a German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and pioneering performance artist.
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of CastiglionePhotographer · PhotographyVirginia Oldoini Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione (23 March 1837 – 28 November 1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of…

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