Lisette Model

About the Artist

Weegee (Arthur Fellig). Lisette Model. c. 1946. © Weegee/International Center of Photography/Getty Images
Alternate Name(s) Elise Amelie Felicie Stern (Birth Name)
Elise Amelie Felicie Seybert (Alternate Name)

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs New York
Paris

Artist Chronology

November 10, 1901	Born At location: Lisette Model	Vienna
1920	Studies music with Arnold Schönberg At location: Lisette Model	Vienna
1926–33	Studies singing with Polish soprano Marya Freund At location: Lisette Model	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	Paris
July 1934	Begins a series of photographs of people on the Promenade des Anglais At location: Lisette Model	Nice
1935–42	Publishes photographs in Regards, Lilliput, Cue, PM, U.S. Camera, Harper's Bazaar, and Look Contributor: Lisette Model	New York Des Moines London
1937	Lisette Model apprentices with Florence Henri At location: Florence Henri, Lisette Model	Paris
1938–83	Lives in New York At location: Lisette Model	New York
1939	Photographs Delancey Street, Battery Park, and Wall Street At location: Lisette Model	New York
Late 1940	Alexey Brodovitch and Ralph Steiner introduce Lisette Model to Beaumont Newhall and Ansel Adams; The Museum of Modern Art acquires its first works by Model At location: Lisette Model	New York
December 31, 1940–January 12, 1941	Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Aesthetics at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Lisette Model, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
May 17–June 6, 1941	Solo exhibition at the Photo League Participant: Lisette Model	New York
June 13, 1941	Leads a discussion about her photographs at the Photo League At location: Lisette Model	New York
January 1942	Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland write letters to the United States District Attorney testifying to Lisette Model's political neutrality At location: Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model	New York
April 1, 1942	Photographs Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian, and other artists at the opening of Masters of Abstract Art at H. Rubinstein's New Art Center At location: Lisette Model	New York
Summer 1942	Artists in the War at A.C.A. Gallery Participant: Lisette Model	New York
April 1943	Lisette Model and Edward Steichen meet At location: Lisette Model, Edward Steichen	District of Columbia
September 24–November 17, 1943	Photographs by Lisette Model at The Art Institute of Chicago Participant: Lisette Model	Chicago
November 4–December 7, 1943	Four Portraits by Lisette Model at The Art Institute of Chicago Participant: Lisette Model	Chicago
1944	Lisette Model receives a letter from Germaine Krull informing her of her mother's death Affiliated: Germaine Krull At location: Lisette Model	New York
July 31–August 31, 1944	Contemporary Photography at A.C.A. Gallery Participant: Lisette Model	New York
April 1945	The Instant in Photography at the New School for Photo Research Participant: Lisette Model	New York
June 20, 1945–June 23, 1946	The Museum Collection of Photographs at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Lisette Model, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
July–August 1946	Lisette Model spends the summer in San Francisco and establishes contacts within the photographic community At location: Lisette Model, Edward Weston	San Francisco
August 1–31, 1946	Photographs by Lisette Model at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Participant: Lisette Model	San Francisco
April 6–July 11, 1948	In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Lotte Jacobi, Lisette Model, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Edward W. Quigley	New York
July 27–September 26, 1948	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Berenice Abbott, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Bill Brandt, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Lisette Model, Tina Modotti, László Moholy-Nagy, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Edward Weston	New York
November 30, 1948–February 10, 1949	Four Photographers: Lisette Model, Harry Callahan, Ted Croner, and Bill Brandt at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Bill Brandt, Lisette Model	New York
November 30, 1948–February 10, 1949	Photographs by Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Ted Croner, Lisette Model at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Bill Brandt, Lisette Model	New York
December 1948–Spring 1949	This Is the Photo League at the Photo League Participant: Lisette Model	New York
June 16, 1949	Photographs gamblers, dude ranches, and rodeos on assignment for Ladies' Home Journal At location: Lisette Model	Reno
Late August–November 1949	Instructor of documentary photography at the California School of Fine Arts At location: Lisette Model	San Francisco
1951–83	Teaches at the New School for Social Research At location: Lisette Model	New York
January 24–May 8, 1955	The Family of Man at The Museum of Modern Art Participant: Margaret Bourke-White, Bill Brandt, Lisette Model, August Sander Organizer: Edward Steichen	New York
March 30, 1983	Dies At location: Lisette Model	New York

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