Emmy Andriesse
Emmy Andriesse ( Emmy Eugenie Andriesse; born January 14, 1914 in The Hague ; † February 20, 1953 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch photographer . In addition to Éva Besnyő , Cas Oorthuys and Carel Blazer , she is considered a representative of the Nieuwe Fotografie (“New Photography”) trend .
Life
Andriesse was born as the daughter of Abraham Andriesse and Else Fuld into a Jewish-liberal family.
From 1933 to 1937 Emmy Andriesse attended the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague, especially the advertising design course at u. a. Gerrit Kiljan , Paul Schuitema and Piet Zwart . This field of study was re-established in 1929 and the media photography and film played a particularly large role in it.
In 1937 she and u. a. Cok de Graaff and Nico Jesse took part in the exhibition 'Photo' 37 'in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam with their photo report In de Jordaan . In the same year Emmy Andriesse moved to Amsterdam and worked as a reportage photographer for various newspapers and magazines.
In 1941 Andriesse married the graphic artist and painter Dick Elffers and had two sons with him: Cas (1943–1945) and Joost (* 1946).
Emmy Andriesse became known through photographs that she secretly took during the occupation of Amsterdam by the National Socialists . She was a member of the group founded by Fritz Kahlenberg , De Ondergedoken Camera ("The Submerged Camera"), which documented the occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War between 1943 and 1945 .
After the war, Emmy Andriesse specialized in reportage , portrait and fashion photography .
In 1953, Emmy died of cancer at the age of 39.
estate
The photo and negative archive of Emmy Andriesse is in the print cabinet of the University of Leiden .
Volendam July 1945
The love letter (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam July 1945)
Anatomy of Dr. Deijman
(Rijksmuseum 1945)
literature
- Louise van Santen (text): emmy andriesse. foto's 1944/52. Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam 1975
- Hripsimé Visser & Flip Bool (text): Emmy Andriesse (1914-1953). Focus, Amsterdam 1995, ISBN 9072216903
Web links
- Emmy Andriesse , entry on the website of the Joods Historisch Museum
- Emmy Andriesse. Photographs of Jewish Amsterdam, War and Liberation , exhibition at the Joods Historisch Museum, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ estate of Emmy Andriesse in the library of the University of Leiden (Engl.)
- ↑ Pictures from the estate
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andriesse, Emmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andriesse, Emmy Eugenie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1953 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |