Dorothea of the East
Dorothea von der Osten (* 1896 in Misselwarden , † 1985 in Wiesbaden ) was a German photographer .
Life
The daughter of a farmer married the tobacco merchant Reinhard Hempell in 1916. In 1932 she completed an apprenticeship as a photographer with Erna Lendvai-Dircksen . Pictures of Dorothea von der Ostens were published in numerous magazines and magazines; she sold her works through the photo agency Fotok in Berlin . In addition to reports on socio-political issues, object studies, landscape photographs, advertising images and portraits formed the focus of her work. In 1936 she documented, among other things, how the gorilla Bobby , a public favorite of the Berlin zoo , was groomed after his death.
From 1950 Dorothea von der Osten lived in Wiesbaden.
The photographer's estate is in the Folkwang Museum's photographic collection .
literature
- House of the history of the Federal Republic of Germany (ed.): Women objective. Photographers 1940 to 1950 , Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-87909-752-6 and ISBN 3-87909-754-2 , p. 138
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bobby and the Taxidermist at www.gettyimages.ae
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | East, Dorothea of the |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hempell, Dorothea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Misselwarden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1985 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |