Florence Meyer

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Florence Meyer (born January 22, 1911 , † November 27, 1962 ) was an American photographer, actress and dancer.

Life

Florence Meyer was the eldest daughter of the couple Agnes and Eugene Meyer . She completed her schooling in Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe and first appeared on stage at the age of 16. At that time she played an angel in Jedermann in Salzburg , where she was trained in dancing with Harald Kreutzberg . In 1937 she was seen in the Reinhardt production of The Eternal Road ; however, she became better known as a photographer than an actress and a dancer. She created numerous portraits of well-known personalities. Many of Meyer's paintings are now in the Agnes and Eugene Meyer Collection in the Library of Congress, Washington. Florence Meyer made the well-known picture that shows Thomas Mann with his grandchildren Frido and Toni in 1948 . Florence Meyer also captured Man Ray's double wedding with Juliet Browner and Max Ernst with Dorothea Tanning .

Florence Meyer lived with her husband Oskar Homolka in Bel Air and in Pacific Palisades . His marriage to Homolka, which was concluded in 1939 and divorced seven years later, resulted in two sons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ fultonhistory.com (PDF).
  2. ↑ ibdb.com
  3. ↑ loc. Gov
  4. ↑ artnet.de
  5. ↑ kunstmarkt.com
  6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usc.edu
  7. ↑ time.com
  8. ↑ nndb.com
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Florence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Homolka, Florence (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer, dancer, and actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1911
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1962