Else Thalemann

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

Career

She was born Else Moosdorf March 29, 1901.[1][2] During the 1930s Thaleman was employed as a photojournalist in Berlin.[3] Thalemann photographed the industrialization of the Ruhr area[4][5][6] as well as photographing the construction of the Effle Tower.[7][8][9][10] Around the same period she was employed by Ernst Fuhrmann[9] to photograph the structure of plants.[11] She is reported to have abandoned photography in 1938 when Fuhrmann moved to the United States.[11] Her Berlin photography studio was destroyed by bombing during the second world war.[3][11] She died October 19, 1984, in Stift Lauterbach, Germany.[2]

Collections

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,[12] the Art Institute of Chicago,[13][6][14] the Getty Museum, Los Angeles,[3][15][4] the International Center of Photography,[11] the National Gallery of Art, Washington,[16] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,[17] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[18]

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.


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