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Florence Henri, 1928 (taken) 1974 (print), Selbstportrait, Gelatin silver print, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/50650
Florence Henri


Born: 1893, 28 June - US, NY, New York
Died: 1982, July - France, Compiègne
Gender: Female
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She was Swiss, but born in New York of a French father and German mother. Losing her parents In her early life went to stay with relatives in Rome. She studied music and painting in England and Germany. In 1919 she was a student at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin (Akademie der Künste zu Berlin) and this was at a time when the avant-garde was flourishing in Germany with artists including Hans Arp, Adrian Ludwig Richter, John Heartfield and Lázló Moholy-Nagy. In 1924 moved to Paris, met Fernand Leger and she made some constructivist paintings. She took courses at the Bauhaus and her photography flourished, often incorporating mirrors to construct multiple viewpoints. She opened a photographic studio creating tightly cropped portraits, advertising, photocollages and female nudes.

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Lucia Moholy, n.d., Portrait of Florence Henri, Gelatin silver print, New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), LL/82130
Image: LL/82130
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Salvatore Piermarini, n.d., Portrait of Florence Henri, Drawing, Provided by the artist - Salvatore Piermarini, LL/59196
Image: LL/59196
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Lucia Moholy, 1927, Florence Henri, Gelatin silver print, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/91662
Image: LL/91662
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Florence Henri, 1928, Self Portrait, Gelatin silver print, Pinakothek der Moderne, LL/91562
Image: LL/91562
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Florence Henri, 1928, Self-portrait, Gelatin silver print, Internet - Original source ill-defined, LL/91663
Image: LL/91663
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Florence Henri, 1928 (taken) 1974 (print), Selbstportrait, Gelatin silver print, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/50650
Image: LL/50650
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