Rosellina Burri-Bishop

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Rosellina Burri-Bischof , née Rosa Helene Mandel (born June 5, 1925 in Zurich ; † January 30, 1986 there ), was a pioneer in the mediation and promotion of photography in Switzerland, director of the picture agency « Magnum Switzerland», co-founder of « Foundation for Photography », editor of monographic publications and curator .

Life

Rosellina Burri-Bishop was the daughter of the Hungarian emigrants Moses Mandel and Anna nee. Prazak, who lived in exile in Zurich. She graduated from the Zurich City Higher School for Daughters (today's High Promenade KSHP) and trained as a kindergarten teacher. She met her future husband, the photographer Werner Bischof , in Rimini in 1946, where she worked as an educator and welfare assistant in the Swiss children's village “Asilo Italo-Svizzero”. Werner Bischof visited the village for a report.

After their marriage in 1949, Rosellina Bischof accompanied her husband on several trips. The couple lived in Japan from 1951 to 1952 and in the USA in 1954. When Werner Bischof had a fatal accident on May 16, 1954 in the Andes of Peru , Rosellina was heavily pregnant with her second child. As a widow and single mother of two children, Marco and Daniel (* 1950 and 1954), she subsequently took care of the photographic estate of her deceased husband, organized exhibitions and was the editor of his photo books . From 1956 to 1968 she was the director of the “Magnum Switzerland” photo agency, organizing and curating exhibitions with pictures by famous “Magnum” photographers.

In 1963 she married the Swiss “Magnum” photographer René Burri , with whom she also had two children, Yasmine and Olivier (* 1964 and 1967). Burri-Bischof, along with Hans Finsler , Manuel Gasser (first president 1971 to 1979) and others, was one of the founding members of the « Foundation for Photography », which was established on May 4, 1971 . From 1976 to 1981 she was in charge of photo exhibitions at the Kunsthaus Zürich .

Work and action

Editor / co-editor

  • Werner Bischof, Japan , Manesse, Zurich 1954.
  • Werner Bischof 1916-1954 , Basler Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Basel 1954.
  • Werner Bischof, Robert Frank , Pierre Verger : Indios , Manesse, Zurich 1956.
  • Werner Bischof, Unterwegs , Manesse, Zurich 1957.
  • Werner Bishop. The photographic work . Published by: Gewerbemuseum Basel, Basel 1958.
  • Werner Bischof 1916–1954 , Prague 1960.
  • Werner Bischof, cross section. 48 photographs , Arche, Zurich 1961.
  • Werner Bischof , text by Rosellina Bischof-Burri, translation: Oswald Ruppen, 1971, separate print from: Photorundschau No. 17/1971.
  • Werner Bischof, 1916—1954 , editors: Rosellina Burri-Bischof, René Burri, translation: Rosellina Burri-Bischof, Grossman Publishers, New York 1974.
  • with Hugo Loetscher, Walter Binder, Peter Killer (concept and editing): Photography in Switzerland from 1840 to today . Publisher: Foundation for Photography, Kunsthaus Zürich , Arthur Niggli, Teufen 1974.
    • Version française: Gerda Bouvier: Photographes suisses depuis 1840 à nos jours . Swiss Foundation for Photography, Kunsthaus Zürich, Arthur Niggli, Teufen 1977.
    • German version: DQ Stephenson: Swiss photographers from 1840 until today . International Center of Photography , NY, International Fund for Concerned Photography, New York 1978.
  • René Burri - one world. Photographs and collages 1950–1983 , Benteli, Sulgen 1984.
    • Version française: René Burri - one world. Photographies et collages 1950-1983 , Benteli, Sulgen 1984.

Exhibition management / mediation, curator

Photo exhibitions with pictures by Werner Bischof (selection)
  • 1955: Japan , Smithsonian Institution , Washington 1955 (traveling exhibition)
  • 1957: Werner Bischof. The photographic work . Kunstgewerbemuseum , Zurich
  • 1961: Smithsonian Institution, Washington
  • 1966: Galerie Form, Zurich
  • 1967: Musée des Arts décoratifs , Paris
  • 1968: IBM Gallery, New York
  • 1968: Traveling exhibition in Japan
  • 1968: Galerie du Château d'Eau, Toulouse
  • 1968: IBM Gallery, New York
  • 1984: Foundation for Photography at the Kunsthaus Zürich
Special exhibitions of the Foundation for Photography (selection)
  • 1970: Concerned Photographers l , Center Le Corbusier , Zurich
  • 1971: Concerned Photographers l , Gewerbemuseum Basel
  • 1974: Concerned Photographers ll , Stadthaus Zurich
  • 1974: Concerned Photographers ll , Musée des Arts Décoratifs
  • 1974: Traveling exhibition photography in Switzerland from 1840 to today , organized by Pro Helvetia and the Foundation for Photography, Musée Rath , Geneva, Villa Malpensata, Lugano, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Friborg, Museum Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, etc.
  • 1980: Lewis Hine , Kunsthalle Basel
Photo exhibitions at the Kunsthaus Zürich (selection)

Quote

  • Hugo Loetscher : "There was probably no name like that of Rosellina Burri-Bishop, who in our country remains connected to photography in an equally lovable, imaginative and momentous way."

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Schmidt (Vorlass Herman Schmidt): International educational training camp in Mösli. In the middle Rösli Mandel (later Rosellina Bischof), 1946. In: Swiss Social Archives , database image + sound, signature F 5106-Fa-239, accessed on August 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Franz Schmidt (Vorlass Herman Schmidt): International educational training camp in the Mösli “Summit image Rigi ... standing behind Georg Mandel Rösli”, 1946. In: Swiss Social Archives, database image + sound, signature F 5106-Fa-255, accessed on August 15 2020.
  3. ^ Franz Schmidt (Vorlass Herman Schmidt): International educational training camp in Mösli «Rigi», Rösli Mandel (front), 1946. In: Swiss Social Archives, database image + sound, signature F 5106-Fa-257, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Franz Schmidt (Vorlass Herman Schmidt): International educational training camp in the Mösli "Schifffahrt ...", Rösli Mandel ..., 1946. In: Swiss Social Archives, Image + Sound database, signature F 5106-Fa-262, accessed on August 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ Exhibitions by: Rosellina Burri-Bischof. emuseum, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich , accessed on August 18, 2020 (posters for "Henri Cartier-Bresson. Photographs 1930 - 1955", "Werner Bischof - The Photographic Work" and "People at War - Photos by Robert Capa ").
  6. ↑ Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich: Diary Register Files 1971, No. 4434.
  7. ↑ Werner Bischof: poster of the photo exhibition, Werner Bischof - The photographic work , design: Josef Müller-Brockmann , 1957. In: eMuseum, Museum for Design Zurich Archive Zurich University of the Arts.
  8. ^ René Burri: Werner Bischof - The photographic work. Portrayed person: Hans Finsler , 1957. In: eMuseum, Museum for Design Zurich Archive Zurich University of the Arts.
  9. ^ Rosellina Burri Bischof: Ten years of exhibition activity by the "Foundation for Photography" . In: Camera , International Journal for Photography and Film, 1981, Issue 4, April, p. 27.
  10. ^ Hugo Loetscher: On the death of Rosellina Burri-Bishop. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 27, February 3, 1986, p. 31.
personal data
SURNAME Burri Bishop, Rosellina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almond, Rosellina (maiden name); Bishop, Rosellina (name in first marriage)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pioneer in promoting and promoting photography in Switzerland
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1986
Place of death Zurich