Violette Cornelius
Illustration — Cornelius (1938) Violette Cornelius (17 March 1919, Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 23 January 1998, Saint-Maximin, France) was a Dutch photographer and resistance fighter during World War II. During the war, she joined an artist's resistance group and contributed to clandestine magazines. After the war, she specialized in architectural photography. She collaborated on many business photo books, including one about Hoogovens IJmuiden with Cas Oorthuys and others.
Violette Cornelius
Emmy Andriesse · Fotomuseum Den Haag · Public domain
- Born
- 1919. · Singapore.
- Died
- 1998. · Saint-Maximin.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- performance artist, photographer and resistance fighter.
- Teachers
- Paul Guermonprez.
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Illustration — Cornelius (1938) Violette Cornelius (17 March 1919, Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 23 January 1998, Saint-Maximin, France) was a Dutch photographer and resistance fighter during World War II. During the war, she joined an artist's resistance group and contributed to clandestine magazines. After the war, she specialized in architectural photography. She collaborated on many business photo books, including one about Hoogovens IJmuiden with Cas Oorthuys and others.
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In 1957 she made a book about the city of Weesp together with the author Jan Elburg. She then went, often with colleague Sean Wellesley Miller, capturing the migration to urban areas in developing countries. Later, she published reportages about Iraq, India, Peru, Yemen, and some countries in Africa. She worked with Ata Kandó in 1956 to document the situation of Hungarian refugees travelling to Austria.
Training under Paul Guermonprez is recorded. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with Co-op 2. Work by Violette Cornelius is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Netherlands Photo Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Dutch Resistance Museum.
Violette Cornelius is recorded with the occupation architectural photographer. Recorded with the occupation performance artist. Recorded with the occupation resistance fighter. Recorded as performance artist, photographer and resistance fighter. Recognition and collections.
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Where Violette Cornelius came from, and how Violette Cornelius was formed. Born on 1 January 1919.
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1918
Violette Cornelius was born on 1 January 1918.
1997
Violette Cornelius died on 23 January 1998.
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Singapore.
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