Subseries - Trude Fleischmann photography

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Trude Fleischmann photography

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227 photographs : b&w

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(1895-1990)

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Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was a successful commercial photographer during the interwar period in Vienna. Her portraits of Austrian performing arts celebrities filled magazines across Europe and helped to establish her as one of the premier photographers of her day. Trude studied photography at the same school as Hanne -- the “Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie und Reproduktionsverfahren” (Teaching and Research Institute for Photography and Reproduction Processes) – and opened her own studio in 1920. Following the Anschluss, Trude fled Europe, immigrating to the United States with the help of us a friend. In New York, she continued to find success as a photographer, opening a new studio and taking pictures of culturally significant émigrés, fashion models, and cityscapes.

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Trude Fleischmann was a renowned portrait photographer in Vienna whose rise to prominence coincided with that of Hanne Wassermann. Both women had studied photography at the “Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie und Reproduktionsverfahren,” their time at the school overlapping for at least one year. The two were friends, with Hanne posing as a model for Trude, including at least one nude photo in the early 1920s. When Hanne opened her 'gymnastics' school, it was Trude who photographed her for publicity materials such as posters and cards. Similarly, Trude photographed Hanne (sometimes accompanied by other models) demonstrating the various stretches and poses associated with the fitness method she had developed.

This subseries consists of photographs by Trude, the majority of which depict Hanne's fitness programs (e.g. stretching, holding poses, and ring exercises). There are also portraits taken of Hanne and photos of Hanne apparently modeling clothes. While Hanne is the primary subject of these images, there are also portraits of two unidentified men, one of whom was Hanne's boyfriend. There is also a small quantity of textual materials associated with Trude such as a newspaper clipping featuring one of her photos, materials related to Hanne's lectures at her New York studio, and a single piece of correspondence to Hanne.

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Materials are in good condition. The glue affixing some of the prints to heavy card stock in loosening in some cases.

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  • German

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Source of information on Trude Fleischmann's education: Silverman, Lisa. "Trude Fleischmann." Jewish Women's Archive - Encyclopedia. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/fleischmann-trude (accessed September 5, 2019). For print-out, please see RBSC file for Wassermann fonds.

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