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Florence Henri
Swiss
1893–1982
About the Artist
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Lucia Moholy. Florence Henri. 1927. Gelatin silver print, 14 5/8 x 11" (37.2 x 27.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther (MoMA 1790.2001). © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Berlin Paris
- Photo Industry Hubs London Rochester
- Schools Bauhaus, 1919–33 Levy Gallery, 1931–49
- Exhibitions Photographie contemporaine, 1936 Film und Foto, 1929 Foto der Gegenwart, 1929
- Publications Vogue, 1892–1949 Foto-Auge, 1929 Photography, 1839–1937, 1937
Artist Chronology
| June 28, 1893 |
Born
At location: Florence Henri
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New York |
| 1895–1902 |
Lives in Grunberg
At location: Florence Henri
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Grünberg |
| 1905–07 |
Lives in London; studies music at Earl's Court Road Conservancy
At location: Florence Henri
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London |
| 1907–09 |
Lives in Rome; meets leading figures of the avant-garde and studies music at Santa Cecilia Academy Conservatory
At location: Florence Henri
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Rome |
| 1909–11 |
Lives in England. Plays in piano concerts at Bechstein Hall
At location: Florence Henri
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London |
| 1912–14 |
Studies piano in Berlin. Her house becomes a meeting place for many avant-garde composers and musicians
At location: Florence Henri
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Berlin |
| 1914 |
Makes a living by playing the piano accompaniment for silent films
At location: Florence Henri
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Berlin |
| 1914 |
Enrolls at the Kunstakademie
At location: Florence Henri
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Berlin |
| 1922–24 |
Trains in the studios of Johannes Walter-Kurau and Alexander Archipenko
At location: Florence Henri
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Berlin |
| 1924–25 |
Studies with Fernand Léger at the Académie Moderne and with André Lhote at the Académie Montparnasse
At location: Florence Henri
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Paris |
| August 1–December 1, 1925 |
Exposition internationale: L'Art d'aujourd'hui at the Chambre Syndicale de la Curiosité et des Beaux-Arts
Participant: César Domela-Nieuwenhuis
Visitor: Florence Henri, Jindřich Štyrský
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Paris |
| April–July 1927 |
Florence Henri studies at the Bauhaus, where she takes the Foundation Course with László Moholy-Nagy and becomes close friends with Lucia Moholy
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Dessau |
| 1928–45 |
Lives in Paris
At location: Florence Henri
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Paris |
| December 1928 |
László Moholy-Nagy publishes a self-portrait and still life by Florence Henri in i10
Contributor: Florence Henri, László Moholy-Nagy
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Amsterdam |
| 1929 |
Establishes a photography studio and gives lessons; students include Ilse Bing and Gisèle Freund
At location: Florence Henri
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Paris |
| 1929–39 |
Publishes photographs in Variétés, Arts et métiers graphiques, L'Art contemporain, Cahiers d'art, Art et décoration, Lilliput, and Votre Beauté
Contributor: Florence Henri
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Paris London |
| 1929 |
Franz Roh publishes Foto-Auge: 76 Fotos der Zeit
Contributor: Herbert Bayer, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Franz Roh, Semyon Fridlyand, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, J. Jay Hirz
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Stuttgart |
| January 20–February 17, 1929 |
Fotografie der Gegenwart at Museum Folkwang
Kestner Gesellschaft v.V, Königstrasse 8, Hannover Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Lützowstrasse 32, Berlin Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt Leipziger Kunstverein, Augustusplatz 6, Leipzig Lichthof des Neuen Rathauses, Dresden Kunstverein, Rostock am Adolf-Mittag-See, Städtisches Ausstellungsamt, Magdeburg Landesgewerbeanstalt, Kaiserslautern Vereinigung Göttinger Kunstfreunde, Göttingen
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
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Essen |
| May 18–July 7, 1929 |
Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin Stadtmuseum, Danzig Österreichisches Museum, Vienna Agram, Zagreb Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, Osaka
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
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Stuttgart |
| March–April 1930 |
Solo exhibition at Studio 28, a theater that also hosted art exhibitions
Participant: Florence Henri
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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
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Munich |
| December 1930 and January 1931 |
Exhibition of Foreign Advertising Photography at the Art Center
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New York |
| January 11–February 9, 1931 |
Die Neue Fotografie at the Kunstgewerbemuseum
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Aenne Biermann, Florence Henri, Helmar Lerski, Werner Rohde, Hans Finsler
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Basel |
| November 28–December 29, 1931 |
La Publicité par la photographie at Galerie d'Art Contemporain
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Paris |
| December 15, 1931–January 15, 1932 |
Photographes d’aujourd’hui at Galerie de la Plume d'Or
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Paris |
| 1932 |
International Photographers at the Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn |
| February 1932 |
Exhibition of Modern Photography at the Royal Photographic Society
Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész
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London |
| February 20–March 11, 1932 |
Modern European Photography at the Julien Levy Gallery
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New York |
| January–February 1933 |
Solo exhibition at the Museum Folkwang
Participant: Florence Henri
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Essen |
| January 1933 |
Salon du nu photographique at Galerie de la Renaissance
Participant: Florence Henri, Jean Moral
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Paris |
| 1933 |
Lisette Model ceases practicing music and singing; discovers photography through her sister Olga. Her first photographic portraits are of Olga, Rogi André (André Kertész's wife), and Florence Henri
At location: Florence Henri, Lisette Model
Affiliated: André Kertész
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Paris |
| 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
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Paris |
| April 6–30, 1934 |
The Modern Spirit in Photography and Advertising at the Royal Photographic Society
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London |
| May 1934 |
Solo exhibition at Galerie de la Pleiade
Participant: Florence Henri
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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
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Paris |
| 1935 |
Raoul Ubac, Franz Roh, and Florence Henri publish photographs in Formes Neues
|
Paris |
| January 16–March 1, 1936 |
Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
|
Paris |
| 1937 |
Lisette Model apprentices with Florence Henri
At location: Florence Henri, Lisette Model
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Paris |
| March 17–April 18, 1937 |
Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy
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New York |
| June 19–September 12, 1937 |
Foto '37 at the Stedelijk Museum
Participant: Paul Citroen, Florence Henri
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Amsterdam |
| October–November 1938 |
La Sixième exposition du group Revue de la Photographie at Galerie Paul Magne
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Paris |
| December 7, 1938–January 30, 1939 |
Bauhaus: 1919–1928 at The Museum of Modern Art
Designer: Herbert Bayer
Participant: Florence Henri, László Moholy-Nagy
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New York |
| March 1939 |
Exposition de l'école Française de photographie at the Danske Kunstindustrimuseum
Participant: Florence Henri, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral, Jean Painlevé
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Copenhagen |
| 1940–45 |
Returns to painting during the Nazi occupation of Paris, partly due to the difficulty of obtaining photographic materials
At location: Florence Henri
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Paris |
| 1945–50 |
Travels and paints in the south of France
At location: Florence Henri
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France |
| July 14, 1982 |
Dies
At location: Florence Henri
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Compiègne |
