TRUDE FLEISCHMANN* (Vienna 1895 - 1990 Brewster, New York) Portrait Altenberg vintage matt-albumen-print/studio ...

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN* (Vienna 1895 - 1990 Brewster, New York)
Portrait Altenberg
vintage matt-albumen-print/studio cardboard, 21,2 x 16,6 cm
signed H. Schieberth
(Fleischmann had her professional training 1916 - 1919 at the photo studio of Hermann Schieberth)
handwritten dedication by Peter Altenberg: To my saintly friend and care taker Johanna Staude, october, novembre, decembre 1918. Peter Altenberg, in one of my sinister crisis
verso inscribed In memory of the long night on 3. XII. 1918
depicted in catalogue Trude Fleischmann 2011, p. 15

ESTIMATE °€ 6000 - 12000
STARTING PRICE °€ 6000

The Austrian-American photographer Trude Fleischmann From 1913 to 1916 she completed training at the Graphic Training and Research Institute in Vienna. After a short internship with Madame d'Ora, she completed her professional training in Hermann Schieberth's studio from 1916 to 1919. In 1920 she opened her own studio. There she took photographs of numerous well-known personalities from society, art and culture, including Peter Altenberg, Gustinus Ambrosi, Alban Berg, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Kraus, Hedy Lamarr, Adolf Loos, Tilly Losch, Alfred Polgar, Max Reinhardt, Thimig, Hilde Wagener , Bruno Walter, Paula Wessely, Grete Wiesenthal and Stefan Zweig. Dance and nude recordings were also made. The nude photographs of the dancer Claire Bauroff became famous. Fleischmann's photographs were printed in all common magazines: Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, Die Bühne, Die Dame, Moderne Welt, Wiener Bilder, Wiener Magazin, Wiener Mode. After the annexation, Fleischmann managed to escape via Paris and London to New York in 1938 with the help of the photographer Marion Post Wolcott, with whose sister Helen she had studied in Vienna. In 1940 she opened a photography studio in Manhattan. In NY she photographed well-known artists and intellectuals, including Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, Albert Einstein, Otto von Habsburg, Oskar Kokoschka, Lotte Lehmann and Arturo Toscanini. In 1969 Fleischmann retired from professional life and moved to Lugano. In 1988 she returned to the USA. Many photographs are in renowned collections: MoMA, New York Public Library, Leo Baeck Institute, Getty Museum in L.A. Vienna Museum, the Theatermuseum Vienna and the Photographis Collection of Bank Austria. Peter Altenberg (actually Richard Engländer) attended the Akademisches Gymnasium in Vienna and then attended legal and medical lectures at the university. He became a legendary figure through his eccentric lifestyle and as a constant guest at renowned coffee houses (Central, Herrenhof). From 1892 he wrote down his observations, ideas and criticisms, and in 1896 his first book “How I see it” was published. Altenberg is one of the main representatives of literary impressionism in Vienna. With his friend Adolf Loos he published the magazine "Die Kunst" in 1903/1904 and worked on the "Wiener Rundschau", "Simplicissimus" and "Jugend". He also had a close friendship with Karl Kraus. Altenberg, Loos and Kraus were referred to as "the better Triple Alliance" or the "intellectual triumvirate of Vienna". Altenberg did not live in his own apartment, but preferred to stay with friends or in hotels. Karl Kraus and Egon Friedell honored Altenberg after his death by publishing selected works, and Alfred Polgar edited the "Bequest". The Vienna Library in the town hall has Altenberg's manuscripts, and the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna has memorabilia and photos.

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