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  • Wanda Wulz. Io + gatto. 1932. Gelatin silver print, 11 9/16 x 9 1/8" (29.4 x 23.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell. Digital Image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY. © Fratelli Alinari Museum CollectionsStudio Wulz Archive, Florence

Artist Chronology

July 25, 1903
Born
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
Childhood and adolescence
Exposed to photography through her father's studio, Studio Fotografico Wulz
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
1918
Publication of Der Akt
Dachau
Late 1920s
Wulz becomes interested in Anton Bragaglia's treatise Fotodinamismo futurista
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
1928
Her father dies and leaves the studio to Wanda and her sister Marion; they continue to make portraits and find greater opportunities to experiment
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
1930
Biennale Internazional d'Arte Fotografica di Roma
Participant: Wanda Wulz
Rome
February 1931
Prima Mostra fotografica internazionale
Milan
1932–Late 1930s
Meets F. T. Marinetti and joins the Futurist movement; makes experimental photographs involving motion and superimposition of images
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
1932
Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Participant: Wanda Wulz
Rome
1932
Makes Io+gatto, a self-portrait superimposed with a cat, which becomes one of the best-known Futurist photographs
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
April 1–17, 1932
Mostra fotografica futurista di Trieste
Trieste
April 12, 1932
The newspaper Il Piccolo della sera publishes an article praising her work
Contributor: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
From the late 1930s
Focuses primarily on commercial work at Studio Fotografico Wulz
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste
April 16, 1984
Dies
At location: Wanda Wulz
Trieste

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