Karin Stilke
Karin Stilke (born Lahl ; born March 1, 1914 in Bremen ; † May 2, 2013 ) was one of the best-known photo models in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s .
Career
After finishing school, she went from Bremen to Berlin and trained as an English interpreter. Through her aunt, with whom she lived, she met the writer Karl Gustav Vollmoeller , through whom she came into contact with well-known artists and intellectuals such as Erich Kästner , Erich Maria Remarque , Josef von Sternberg , Marlene Dietrich and Curd Jürgens .
In the spring of 1936 she was approached by the photographer Yva on Kurfürstendamm and invited to take part in fashion shoots. From then on, for more than two decades, until 1957, she stood in front of the camera for important fashion photographers, including Martin Munkácsi in New York. In 1941 she married the entrepreneur Georg Stilke, heir to the Stilke train station bookstores .
In 2007 the exhibition Karin Stilke: I am a Sunday child was shown at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg .
Karin Stilke last lived in Hamburg-Rotherbaum in the Pöseldorf district, died at the age of 100 and was buried in the Groß Flottbek cemetery in the Hamburg district of Bahrenfeld , grave location: GW-12.
literature
- Museum of Art and Commerce Hamburg (Ed.): Karin Stilke - photo model. With an essay by Christoph Moderegger. Hamburg 2007, ISBN 3-923859-72-4 .
Web links
- Photo model: A pretty Sunday child remembers , portrait by Sebastian Bertram in the world , June 28, 2007
- A picture of a woman , portrait by Daniel Wiese in the taz , July 2, 2007
- Germany's first top model - "First learn something decent" , portrait of Silke Lode in the Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 15, 2007 (with photo series )
- Karin Stilke is dead: mourning Germany's first top model , message on stern.de , May 5, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ Karin Stilke: memories of a top model . In: Focus . June 25, 2007
- ↑ Gravestone image at garten-der-frauen.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stilke, Karin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lahl, Karin (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photo model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 2013 |