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Tina Modotti
Italian
1896–1942
About the Artist
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Edward Weston. Tina. January 30, 1924. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/16 x 6 7/8" (23 x 17.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund and The Fellows of Photography Fund, by exchange (MoMA 1904.2001). © 1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents - Alternate Name(s) Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Berlin Mexico City
- Publications Vogue, 1892–1949
Artist Chronology
| August 16, 1896 |
Born
At location: Tina Modotti
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Udine |
| 1898–1905 |
The Modotti family emigrates to Southern Austria
At location: Tina Modotti
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Austria |
| 1905–13 |
The Modotti family lives in Udine
At location: Tina Modotti
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Udine |
| 1913–19 |
Lives in San Francisco
At location: Tina Modotti
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San Francisco |
| March 12–December 4, 1915 |
Pan-Pacific International Exposition
Organizer: Anne W. Brigman, Francis Bruguière
Visitor: Tina Modotti
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San Francisco |
| 1917–18 |
Acts in plays, including La Morte civil and I Disonesti
At location: Tina Modotti
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San Francisco |
| 1918 |
Becomes an American citizen
At location: Tina Modotti
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San Francisco |
| 1919–23 |
Lives in Los Angeles
At location: Tina Modotti
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Los Angeles |
| Summer 1919 |
Begins work on The Tiger's Coat, launching her career as a film actress
At location: Tina Modotti
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Los Angeles |
| 1920 |
Edward Weston meets Anne Brigman, Imogen Cunningham, and Tina Modotti
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Los Angeles |
| Fall 1921 |
Travels to Mexico City
At location: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| August 1923–1926 |
Tina Modotti and Edward Weston live together in Mexico. Visitors to their studio include Diego Rivera, Nahui Olin, and Jean Charlot
At location: Tina Modotti, Edward Weston
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Mexico City |
| November 1924 |
Group exhibition at Palacio de Minería
Visitor: Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Participant: Tina Modotti, Edward Weston
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Mexico City |
| 1926–30 |
Publishes photographs in El machete, El universal illustrado, Mexican Folkways, and many leftist European journals including Arbeiter Illustrirte Zeitung
Contributor: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City Berlin |
| 1926–30 |
Modotti remains in Mexico City after Edward Weston leaves
At location: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| October 1926 |
Exhibition of Modern Mexican Art at the Gallery of Modern Mexican Art
Participant: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| 1927 |
Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Tina Modotti meet
At location: Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| January 1927 |
Tenth International Salon of Photography, at the Los Angeles Museum
Participant: Tina Modotti
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Los Angeles |
| Late 1927 |
Joins the Mexican Communist Party
At location: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| October 1929 |
Exhibition at Berkeley Art Museum
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Berkeley |
| December 2–14, 1929 |
Solo exhibition at the Biblioteca Nacional
Participant: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| January 1930 |
Tina Modotti is a suspect in an assassination and is jailed for two weeks. When she is deported, Manuel Álvarez Bravo receives her camera and assumes her former job photographing for Mexican Folkways
At location: Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| Early 1930–October 1930 |
Lives in Berlin
At location: Tina Modotti
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Berlin |
| Summer 1930 |
Lotte Jacobi invites Tina Modotti to use Atelier Jacobi during Modotti's stay in Berlin. Jacobi arranges an exhibition of Modotti's work at Atelier Jacobi
At location: Lotte Jacobi, Tina Modotti
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Berlin |
| 1930–34 |
Lives in Moscow. Stops photographing, devotes herself to the Communist party, and works for the International Red Aid
At location: Tina Modotti
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Moscow |
| November 1930 |
Photography 1930, organized by Lincoln Kerstein, at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art
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Cambridge |
| 1932 |
International Photographers at the Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn |
| 1935–39 |
Works for the International Red Aid during the Spanish Civil War
At location: Tina Modotti
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France Spain |
| 1939–42 |
Lives in Mexico City
At location: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| January 6, 1942 |
Dies
At location: Tina Modotti
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Mexico City |
| July 27–September 26, 1948 |
50 Photographs by 50 Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
