Rogi André
Rogi André (born Rozsa Klein, 10 August 1900, Budapest – 11 April 1970, Paris) was a Hungarian-born French photographer and artist. She was the first wife of André Kertész.
Early life
Rozsa Klein was born in 10 August 1900 in Budapest.[1]
Career
Attracted to the bohemian milieu of Paris like other Hungarians including Brassai and André Kertesz, André settled there in 1925. Indeed, on 2 October 1928, she married Kertész who was her neighbour, although this marriage was short-lived, and from his first name, she created a new identity 'Rogi André'.
She produced a series of portraits of personalities in the arts during starting in the 1930s.[2] Several are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[3] They include Fernand Léger, Florent Fels, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Joan Miró, Jacques Lipchitz, and also André Derain, with a 1939 print of his portrait being held by London's National Portrait Gallery.[1] In 1937, she photographed Dora Maar.[4]
Bibliography
- Brigitte Ollier, Élisabeth Nora, Frédéric Develay, Rogi André, photographe, éditions du Regard, 1999 (ISBN 978-2-84105-105-2)
- Rogi, André; Beslon, Renée (1981), Rogi André : portraits, Éditions du Regard
References
- ^ a b "Rogi André (née Rozsa Klein) (1900-1970), Photographer". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ Butler, Cornelia H; Schwartz, Alexandra; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (2010), Modern women : women artists at the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art : Distributed in the United States and Canada by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, ISBN 978-0-87070-771-1
- ^ "Rogi André (Rozsa Klein) | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Dora Maar, Paris". Phillips. Retrieved 31 December 2019.