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  • Werner Rohde. Portrait of Lore. 1929. Gelatin silver print, 8 15/16 x 6 5/8" (22.8 x 16.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Hendrik Berinson. © 2014 Werner Rohde/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
  • Alternate Name(s) Eleonore Feininger (Actual Name)

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Artist Chronology

December 14, 1901
Born; Lore is the daughter of Lyonel Feininger
Berlin
1918
Studies drawing and painting at Universität der Kunst
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
1919–22
Studies with portrait photographer Suse Byk
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
1923–24
Works for fashion photographer Karl Schenker
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
1925–27
Works for Ullstein Verlag in the developing laboratory and as a photographer
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
1927–33
Establishes a studio for architectural, industrial, and portrait photography
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
June–September 1930
Das Lichtbild exhibition
Munich
Winter 1930–1931
Photographs her half-brother T. Lux Feininger in his Bauhaus studio
At location: Lore Feininger
Dessau
1938–43
Teaches photography at the Universität der Kunst
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
1943
The photography lab of the Universität der Kunst, which held her negative archive, is destroyed in bombings
Affiliated: Lore Feininger
Berlin
1945–49
Works for the Americans in a photography lab
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin
November 8, 1991
Dies
At location: Lore Feininger
Berlin

Walther Photographs

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