Germaine Krull

About the Artist

Germaine Krull. Self-Portrait with Cigarette. 1925. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy Stiftung Ann and Jürgen Wilde/Pinakothek der Moderne München. © Estate Germaine Krull, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Alternate Name(s) Germaine Luise Krull (Birth Name)

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs Berlin
Paris
Exhibitions Exposition de l'AEAR, 1935
Film und Foto, 1929
Foto der Gegenwart, 1929
Salon de l’escalier, 1928
Publications Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, 1917–31
Vu, 1928–31
Métal (Krull), 1929
Atget: Photographe de Paris, 1930

Artist Chronology

November 29, 1897	Born At location: Germaine Krull	Posen
1897–1912	Spends childhood traveling through Italy, France, Austria, and Switzerland At location: Germaine Krull	Austria France Italy Switzerland
1915–18	Studies at the Lehr und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie At location: Germaine Krull	Munich
1918	Publication of Der Akt Contributor: Germaine Krull, József Pécsi, Wanda Wulz	Dachau
1918–March 1920	Establishes a photography studio At location: Germaine Krull	Munich
1919–22	Travels through Germany, Hungary, and the USSR At location: Germaine Krull	Germany Hungary Russia
Spring 1921	Works as a photo filer at Photokino Committee, a Soviet photographic press At location: Germaine Krull	Moscow
January 1922	Deported from the USSR to Riga At location: Germaine Krull	Riga
1923–25	Establishes a photography studio At location: Germaine Krull	Berlin
1925	Makes her first short film, Six pour dix francs At location: Germaine Krull	Paris
Autumn 1925–Spring 1926	Lives in Amsterdam At location: Germaine Krull	Amsterdam
1926–35	Lives in Paris At location: Germaine Krull	Paris
1927–29	Germaine Krull and Eli Lotar collaborate At location: Germaine Krull, Eli Lotar	Paris
November 5–December 19, 1927	Salon d'automne at Galerie Druet Participant: Germaine Krull	Paris
1928–35	Publishes photographs in Art et medecine, L'Art vivant, Vu, Die Dame, Das Kunstblatt, Das Magazin, Der Querschnitt, i10, Variétés, Photographie, and Photo Illustrations Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris Berlin Weimar Amsterdam
May 24–June 7, 1928	Premier Salon indépendant de la photographie moderne (Salon de I'escalier) at Théâtre de la Comédie des Champs-Élysées Participant: Berenice Abbott, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, George Hoyningen-Huene	Paris
October–November 1928	Exposition de photographie at Galerie de l'Epoque Participant: Berenice Abbott, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Eli Lotar	Brussels
1929	Publishes 100x Paris Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris
1929	Publishes Métal Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris
January 20–February 17, 1929	Fotografie der Gegenwart at Museum Folkwang Kestner Gesellschaft v.V, Königstrasse 8, Hannover March 10–April 7, 1929 Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Lützowstrasse 32, Berlin April 20–May 20, 1929 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London June 6–29, 1929 Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt July 7–August 8, 1929 Leipziger Kunstverein, Augustusplatz 6, Leipzig August 18–September 8, 1929 Lichthof des Neuen Rathauses, Dresden September 15–October 6, 1929 Kunstverein, Rostock October 20-November 10, 1929 am Adolf-Mittag-See, Städtisches Ausstellungsamt, Magdeburg November 28–December 19, 1929 Landesgewerbeanstalt, Kaiserslautern February 23–March 23, 1930 Vereinigung Göttinger Kunstfreunde, Göttingen May 18–June 8, 1930 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Lucia Moholy, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Comeriner, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Frieda Gertrud Riess, Sasha Stone, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, Cami Stone	Essen
May 18–July 7, 1929	Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich August 28–September 22, 1929 Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin October 19–November 17, 1929 Stadtmuseum, Danzig (dates unknown) Österreichisches Museum, Vienna February 20–March 31, 1930 Agram, Zagreb April 5–14, 1930 Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich June 5–September 7, 1930 Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo April 1931 Asahi Shimbun, Osaka July 1–7, 1931 Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied	Stuttgart
1930	Publishes Etudes de nus Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris
June–September 1930	Das Lichtbild exhibition Participant: Aenne Biermann, Bill Brandt, Max Burchartz, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, Walter A. Peterhans, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, Franz Roh, Marianne Breslauer, Alexander Hackenschmied, Edmund Kesting, Jean Moral, Willy Zielke, Lore Feininger, Hans Finsler	Munich
December 1930	Group exhibition organized by the Amateur Worker Photographers Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Eli Lotar	Paris
1931	Germaine Krull, her first monograph, is published Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris
November 28–December 29, 1931	La Publicité par la photographie at Galerie d'Art Contemporain Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Maurice Tabard, Jacques-André Boiffard, Eli Lotar, Lee Miller, Jean Moral	Paris
December 15, 1931–January 15, 1932	Photographes d’aujourd’hui at Galerie de la Plume d'Or Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Maurice Tabard, George Hoyningen-Huene, Eli Lotar, Lee Miller, Jean Moral	Paris
1932	La Constitution des artistes photographes at Galerie-Studio St. Jacques Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral	Paris
1932	Exposition internationale de la photographie et du cinéma at Palais des Beaux-Arts Participant: Germaine Krull, Roger Parry, Werner Rohde, Lee Miller	Brussels
April 1–20, 1933	L'Image photographique en France de daguerre a nos jours at Galerie Braun & Cie Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Théo Blanc, Jean Moral, Antoine Demilly	Paris
May 3–June 3, 1933	Groupe annuel des photographes at La Galerie de la Pléiade Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral	Paris
1934	Writes her first memoir, Chien-fou (unpublished), based on her early memories of Russia and Germany At location: Germaine Krull	Paris
July 1934	Exposition de la Société des Artistes Photographes at Studio St. Jacques Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral	Paris
November 1934	Groupe annuel des photographes at La Galerie de la Pléiade Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Maurice Tabard, Jacques-André Boiffard, Jean Moral	Paris
1935	Publishes Marseille Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris
June 1935	Exposition de l'AEAR–Documents de la vie sociale at Galerie de la Pléiade Participant: Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Jacques-André Boiffard, Eli Lotar, Jean Moral, Jean Painlevé Organizer: Jean Painlevé	Paris
1935–40	Lives in Monte Carlo; photographs ballets, operas, and theaters At location: Germaine Krull	Monte Carlo
March 1936	Solarisations et painture révélateur par Tabard at La Galerie de la Pléiade Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Roger Parry, Maurice Tabard, Eli Lotar	Paris
May 25–November 25, 1937	Exposition internationale des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne at the Trocadéro Participant: Francis Bruguière, Germaine Krull, El Lissitzky, Maurice Tabard, Hajo Rose, Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke, Hans Finsler, Max Penson Organizer: El Lissitzky Visitor: Gustav Klutsis	Paris
January 1941–July 1942	Lives in Brazil; joins the Free French Forces At location: Germaine Krull	Rio de Janeiro
Mid 1942–1944	Lives in Brazzaville; joins the Fighting Forces of Free French Africa At location: Germaine Krull	Brazzaville
January–July 1944	Works at the Office Francaise d'Information Cinematographique At location: Germaine Krull	Algiers
1944	Lisette Model receives a letter from Germaine Krull informing her of her mother's death Affiliated: Germaine Krull At location: Lisette Model	New York
July–August 1944	Joins the French forces at the Southern invasion At location: Germaine Krull	Saint-Tropez
September 1944	Works as a journalist for Agence d'Edition et de la Presse; travels to Sri Lanka At location: Germaine Krull	Sri Lanka
1945	Publishes La bataille d'Alsace Contributor: Germaine Krull	Paris
September 1945	Departs for Southeast Asia as a war correspondent At location: Germaine Krull	Bangkok
1947–66	Purchases and runs the Oriental Hotel At location: Germaine Krull	Bangkok
July 31, 1985	Dies At location: Germaine Krull	Wetzlar