Else Thalemann

Else Thalemann (29 March 1901– 19 October 1984) was a German photographer.

Career

She was born Else Moosdorf March 29, 1901. During the 1930s Thaleman was employed as a photojournalist in Berlin. Thalemann photographed the industrialization of the Ruhr area as well as photographing the construction of the Effle Tower. Around the same period she was employed by Ernst Fuhrmann to photograph the structure of plants. She is reported to have abandoned photography in 1938 when Fuhrmann moved to the United States. Her Berlin photography studio was destroyed by bombing during the second world war. She died October 19, 1984, in Stift Lauterbach, Germany.

Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, the International Center of Photography, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

References

  1. ↑ Stamm, Rainer (2016). Der Folkwang Verlag - Auf dem Weg zu einem imaginären Museum [The Folkwang Verlag – On the Way to an Imaginary Museum] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 155. ISBN 978-3-11-093777-0. OCLC 992823289 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Rhein, Christina (2001). "Else Thalemann (1901–1984)". In Bäuerlein, Renate; Hartmann-Kraatz, Christiane (eds.). Frauenmosaik: Frauenbiographien aus dem Berliner Stadtbezirk Treptow-Köpenick [Women's Mosaic: Biographies of Women from the Berlin District of Treptow-Köpenick] (in German). Berlin: Trafo. ISBN 978-3-89626-343-8. OCLC 51178569 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 "Else Thalemann". J. Paul Getty Museum. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 Knight, Christopher (26 August 1993). "Women, and Europe, on the Edge: In the 1920s and 1930s, as a new Getty exhibition makes plain, a sizable number of women turned to the camera as medium for their own self-invention". Los Angeles Times. pp. OCF1. ProQuest 1851613883. Archived from the original on 6 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Goldberg, Vicki (27 March 1994). "A New Use for That Useful Maiden Aunt (It's a Job)". The New York Times. pp. A.42. ProQuest 429461413. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 Korola, Katerina (2022). "The Air of Objectvity: Albert Renger-Patzsch and the Photography of Industry". Representations (157): 107. ISSN 0734-6018. JSTOR 27263957.
  7. ↑ Antle, Martine (1992). "Photo-Graphie De La Tour Eiffel Chez Barthes Et Cocteau". Romance Notes. 33 (2): 150. ISSN 0035-7995. JSTOR 43802188.
  8. ↑ Russell, Anna (19 December 2014). "The Art Gift List --- Tired of giving plaid scarves and gift cards for the holidays? Consider art as a creative gift alternative". The Wall Street Journal. pp. D.1. ProQuest 1637860287. ...1930's angled shot of the Eiffel Tower by Else Thalemann...
  9. 1 2 Travis, David (1987). "In and of the Eiffel Tower". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 13 (1): 15–17. doi:10.2307/4115922. ISSN 0069-3235. JSTOR 4115922.
  10. ↑ Reichwein, Marc (28 March 2020). "Der magische Blick". Die Welt (in German). p. 31. ProQuest 2383725723. [The Magical Gaze]
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Else Thalemann". International Center of Photography. Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Else Thalemann: Tubosaurus, No. 30914". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Artists: Else Thalemann". Art Institute of Chicago. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "[Front Matter]". Chicago Review. 41 (4). 1995. ISSN 0009-3696. JSTOR 25305969. On the cover: Else Thalemann....The Art Institute of Chicago...
  15. ↑ Walsh, John (1991). "Acquisitions/1990". The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal. 19: 183. ISSN 0362-1979. JSTOR 4166615.
  16. ↑ "Artists: Else Thalemann". National Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Art: Laternenputzer, Else Thalemann". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Collections: Else Thalemann - Industrie Ruhgebiet". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 6 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2026.