Claire Beck-Loos
Claire Beck-Loos ( Czech Klára Becková-Loosová ; born 4. November 1904 in Pilsen , then Austria-Hungary ; died 16th February 1942 in Riga ) was a Czechoslovakian photographer and writer . She was the third and last wife of the Viennese architect Adolf Loos .
Life
Claire Beck was born in 1904 in the Bohemian city of Pilsen as the daughter of Olga (Feigl) and Otto Beck. Her father was an industrialist. The Jewish family lived in a house in Pilsen, the interior of which was designed by Adolf Loos in the years 1907–1909. The Beck family and their acquaintances were among the Viennese architect's first customers.
After attending a performance with Josephine Baker in Vienna, Claire Beck became engaged to Adolf Loos, 35 years her senior, in the spring of 1929. The wedding took place on July 18, 1929. Claire's parents raised concerns, not only because of the age difference, but also because of their different religions; Loos was Catholic. Until 1931, Claire was Loos' secretary and served as a mediator and contact person for those with inherited hearing loss who had difficulties communicating. The marriage ended in divorce in 1932.
After Loos died penniless in 1933, Claire Beck-Loos published a collection of anecdotes under the title Adolf Loos Privat in 1936 in the publishing house of the Johannes-Presse in Vienna , in order to raise money for his grave. In 1939, before the start of the Second World War , she moved with her mother to Prague , where they lived with the photographer Hede Pollack and the doctor Max Thun-Hohenstein . From Prague mother and daughter were first deported to Theresienstadt and at the beginning of 1942 to the Riga concentration camp , where their traces are lost. But it is also possible that Olga Beck died in Theresienstadt.
Individual evidence
- ↑ In a letter to Claire in 1929, Loos wrote: "I become completely deaf day by day."
literature
- Christopher Long: The Loos case . From the American English by Eva Martina Strobl. Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna. ISBN 978-3-85002-908-7 . Online partial view
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beck-Loos, Claire |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Becková-Loosová, Klára |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak photographer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pilsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1942 |
| Place of death | Riga |