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  • Hajo Rose. Untitled (Self-Portrait). 1931. Gelatin silver print, 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 17.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther (MoMA 1842.2001). © 2014 Hajo Rose/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
  • Alternate Name(s) Hans-Joachim Rose (Birth Name)

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Artist Chronology

July 16, 1910
Born
At location: Hajo Rose
Mannheim
1929–30
Studies at the Kunstegewerbeschule
At location: Hajo Rose
Königsberg in Bayern
Spring 1930–1932
Hajo Rose studies photography with Walter Peterhans and advertising at the Bauhaus
Dessau
1931
Travels and shoots photographs with a Leica camera
At location: Hajo Rose
Czech Republic Poland Slovakia
1932–March 1933
Hajo Rose studies photography with Walter Peterhans and advertising at the Bauhaus
Berlin
1933
Hajo Rose works as an assistant in László Moholy-Nagy's studio
Berlin
1934
Cofounds the advertising agency Co-op 2
At location: Hajo Rose
Amsterdam
1934–37
Hajo Rose serves as a lecturer in advertising art, typography, and photography at Paul Citroen's Nieuwe Kunschool
At location: Paul Citroen, Hajo Rose
Amsterdam
May 25–November 25, 1937
Exposition internationale des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne at the Trocadéro
Organizer: El Lissitzky
Visitor: Gustav Klutsis
Paris
1941
Opens his own advertising agency and works as a photographer, typographer, and stage and exhibition designer
At location: Hajo Rose
Amsterdam
1942–45
Serves as an immigrant soldier in the Dutch army
At location: Hajo Rose
Holland
1945–48
Prisoner of war in French and American captivity
At location: Hajo Rose
Europe
1949–53
Serves as a lecturer in commercial art and writing at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste
At location: Hajo Rose
Dresden
1952–89
Member of the Association of Artists in the GDR
At location: Hajo Rose
Dresden
September 10, 1989
Dies
At location: Hajo Rose
Leipzig

Walther Photographs

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