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  • Alternate Name(s) Irene Wallbrecht (Birth Name)

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Artist Chronology

December 14, 1903
Born
At location: Irene Hoffmann
Hannover
1929
Marries Bauhausler Hubert Hoffmann
At location: Irene Hoffmann
Dessau
1930–32
Irene Hoffmann studies advertising with Joost Schmidt and photography with Walter Peterhans
Dessau
1932–33
Irene Hoffmann studies advertising with Joost Schmidt and photography with Walter Peterhans
Berlin
1933–36
Establishes a photography studio with fellow Bauhaus student Hannes Schmitt; works on advertising commissions and makes portrait photographs
At location: Irene Hoffmann
Berlin
1934–35
Irene Hoffmann works with László Moholy-Nagy
Berlin
1934–36
Collaborates on advertising graphics with husband Hubert Hoffmann
At location: Irene Hoffmann
Berlin
1936–71
Lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania
At location: Irene Hoffmann
Allentown
1971
Dies
At location: Irene Hoffmann
Allentown

Walther Photographs

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