About the Artist

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  • Marianne Breslauer Selbstporträt, Berlin (Self-portrait, Berlin). 1933. © Marianne Breslauer/Fotostiftung Schweiz
  • Alternate Name(s) Marianne Feilchenfeldt (Married Name)

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Artist Chronology

November 20, 1909
Born
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Berlin
November 1925
Frieda Gertrud Riess solo exhibition at Galerie Flechtheim
Marianne Breslauer, who visited this exhibition at the age of 16, would later write that it inspired her to become a photographer.
Participant: Frieda Gertrud Riess
Berlin
1927–29
Studies photography at the Berliner Lette-Verein
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Berlin
1929
First publishes photographs in Frankfurter Zeitung
Contributor: Marianne Breslauer
Frankfurt
1929
Marianne Breslauer travels to Paris, where she meets Man Ray
Paris
June–November 1929
Werner Rohde lives in Paris, where he befriends and photographs Paul Citroen and Marianne Breslauer
During this period he uses his father's 9x12 cm camera, a Compur from F. Deckel
Paris
1929
Paul Citroen travels to Paris, where he meets Marianne Breslauer and Werner Rohde
Paris
1930–32
Works at the Ullstein Photographic Studio
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Berlin
1930–38
Contributes to Der Querschnitt, Weltspiegel, Die Dame, UHU, Gebrauchsgraphik, Funkstunde, Wochenschau, and Das Magazin
Contributor: Marianne Breslauer
Berlin Essen Breslau
June–September 1930
Das Lichtbild exhibition
Munich
1932
Begins working with the Mauritius Agency
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Berlin
April 6–30, 1934
The Modern Spirit in Photography and Advertising at the Royal Photographic Society
London
1936–40
Marries art dealer Walter Feilchenfeldt and moves to the Netherlands
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Amsterdam
January 16–March 1, 1936
Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Paris
1938
Stops photographing and becomes an art dealer
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Amsterdam
1940–2001
Lives in Zurich
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Zurich
1947
Her husband establishes the Walter Feilchenfeldt Gallery
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Zurich
1953–90
Runs the gallery after her husband dies
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Zurich
February 7, 2001
Dies
At location: Marianne Breslauer
Zurich

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