Tilla Durieux als Circe

sin and secession
Franz or Mary von Stuck :: Study of Tilla Durieux as Circe, ca. 1912. © Belvedere, Vienna | DETAIL
Franz or Mary von Stuck ~ Study of Tilla Durieux as Circe, ca. 1912. © Belvedere, Vienna | Detail
Franz von Stuck :: Tilla Durieux as Circe, cf. 1913 © Belvedere, Vienna. From : Franz von Stuck, in mostra a Vienna il peccato e la Secessione
Franz von Stuck ~ Tilla Durieux as Circe, cf. 1913 © Belvedere, Vienna. From : Franz von Stuck, in mostra a Vienna il peccato e la Secessione
Tilla Durieux as Circe, ca. 1912
Franz or Mary von Stuck :: Study of Tilla Durieux as Circe, ca. 1912. © Belvedere, Vienna
Franz or Mary von Stuck ~ Study of Tilla Durieux as Circe, cf. 1912. © Belvedere, Vienna | src Sin and SecessionAlain.R.Truong
Franz von Stuck :: Tilla Durieux as Circe, cf. 1913 © Belvedere, Vienna. From : Franz von Stuck, in mostra a Vienna il peccato e la Secessione
Franz von Stuck ~ Tilla Durieux as Circe, cf. 1913 © Belvedere, Vienna. From : Franz von Stuck, in mostra a Vienna il peccato e la Secessione

Die Dame vom Olymp, 1923

Suse Byk :: Dancer Jenny Steiner in the revue 'Die Dame vom Olymp' by Rudolf Nelson, 1923. Published in 'Die Dame' 18-1923. | src Getty Images
Suse Byk :: Dancer Jenny Steiner in the revue ‘Die Dame vom Olymp’ by Rudolf Nelson, 1923. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 18/1923. | src Getty Images

Dance of Salome (1919)

Waldemar Eide :: Salomes dans (Vera Fokina), 1919. Vera Fokina portfolioen. Sølvgelatin. Stavanger kunstmuseum via Norges Fotografforbund
Waldemar Eide :: Salomes dans (Vera Fokina), 1919. Vera Fokina portfolioen. Sølvgelatin. Stavanger kunstmuseum via Norges Fotografforbund

Waldemar Eide is presented in a large exhibition at the Stavanger Art Museum this winter.

Waldemar Eide is presented in a large exhibition at the Stavanger Art Museum this winter. Waldemar Eide was born in Stavanger in 1886 and was one of Norway’s leading portrait photographers in the first half of the 20th century. He was among the first photographers to consider himself a visual artist, and had an active exhibition business in Stanvanger and abroad. He received several awards for his photographs and also regularly wrote about art and photography for trade journals and newspapers.

Eide was a pictorialist and thus placed great emphasis on the painterly qualities, on light and shadow in a picture. This led to his pictures often convey an almost dreamlike sense and this style resonated well with the dancers, actors and musicians of the time.

His studio in Stavanger was a meeting place for visiting artists and personalities who wanted to have their portraits taken, as well as the local population. Composer Sergej Rakhmaninov, historian Macody Lund and opera singer Kaja Eide Norena were among the many he photographed. He is perhaps best known for the pictures of the Russian ballet dancer Vera Fokina, whom he depicted in 1919.

The exhibition is curated by art historian at Stavanger art museum Vibece Salthe and is on display until 19 February 2017. [quoted from Norges Fotografforbund, original text below (*)]

Waldemar Eide:: Dance of Salome (Vera Fokina). Photograms of the Year. The annual review of the world's pictorial photographic work, 1920 issue (plate LXIV). Edited by F. J. Mortimer. | src archive.org
Waldemar Eide :: Salomes dans (Vera Fokina), 1919. Vera Fokina portfolioen. Sølvgelatin. Stavanger kunstmuseum via Norges Fotografforbund
Waldemar Eide:: Dance of Salome (Vera Fokina). Photograms of the Year. The annual review of the world’s pictorial photographic work, 1920 issue (plate LXIV). Edited by F. J. Mortimer. | src archive.org
Waldemar Eide :: Vera Fokina ved den russiske ballett. Dansestudie med kostyme, ca. 1919 | src Norsk Folkemuseum via digitalt museum
Waldemar Eide :: Vera Fokina ved den russiske ballett. Dansestudie med kostyme, ca. 1919 | src Norsk Folkemuseum via digitalt museum

[(*) quote in original language] Waldemar Eide presenteres i stor utstilling på Stavanger kunstmuseum denne vinteren.

Waldemar Eide presenteres i stor utstilling på Stavanger kunstmuseum denne vinteren.Waldemar Eide ble født i Stavanger i 1886 og var en av Norges ledende portrettfotografer i første halvdel av 1900-tallet. Han var blant de første fotografene som betraktet seg som billedkunstner, og hadde en aktiv utstillingsvirksomhet i inn- og utland. Han mottok flere priser for sine fotografier og skrev i tillegg jevnlig om kunst og fotografi for fagtidsskrifter og aviser.

Eide var piktorialist og la dermed stor vekt på de maleriske kvalitetene, på lys og skygge i et bilde. Det førte til at bildene hans ofte fikk et nærmest drømmende preg og denne stilen resonnerte godt med tidens dansere, skuespillere og musikere.

Atelieret hans i Stavanger var et møtested for besøkende kunstnere og personligheter som ville la seg portrettere, i tillegg til lokalbefolkningen. Komponisten Sergej Rakhmaninov, historikeren Macody Lund og operasangeren Kaja Eide Norena var blant de mange han fotograferte. Mest kjent er han kanskje for bildene av den russiske ballettdanseren Vera Fokina, som han avbildet i 1919.

Utstillingen er kuratert av kunsthistoriker ved Stavanger kunstmuseum Vibece Salthe og vises til og med 19. februar 2017. | src Norges Fotografforbund

Dancer Nina Payne, 1920s

Atelier Willinger :: Bewegungsstudie der Tänzerin Nina Payne, 1920s. | src Theatermuseum, Wien
Atelier Willinger :: Bewegungsstudie der Tänzerin Nina Payne, 1920s. | src Theatermuseum, Wien
Alexander Binder :: Dancer Nina Payne with a dance mask and costume in the Nelson revue "Confetti"; Nelson Theater Berlin, ca. 1925
Atelier Binder – Alexander Binder :: Dancer Nina Payne with a dance mask and costume in the Nelson revue “Confetti”; Nelson Theater Berlin, ca. 1925 | src Getty Images

Harald Kreutzberg, 1931

Hans Robertson :: Portrait of Harald Kreutzberg, German Avant Garde dancer, ca. 1930. Photograph signed and dated in pencil on mount “Robertson – 31” and dedicated/signed by Kreutzberg in lower right margin. Handwritten: “To my dear Mister King, Germany, 1931(?)”. | src BidSquare

The Girl from the Sky · Neame

Légende : Elwin Neame (1886-1923). Photographie faite pour la promotion du court métrage «The girl from the sky» réalisé par Elwin Neame en 1914. Angleterre | Lot numéro 4 de la vente aux enchères « 111 photos pour l’été » | src lumière des roses on Fb
Elwin Neame (1886-1923) ~ L’aviatrice. Angleterre, vers 1914. Tirage argentique d’époque. Image pour la promotion du court-métrage «The girl from the sky» (1914) d’Elwin Neame | src Yann Le Mouel

Sebastian Droste by Kallmus

Madame d’Ora ~ Der deutsche Tänzer Sebastian Droste, 1922. | German dancer Sebastian Droste, 1922. Probably in ‘Dances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasy’. | src Bildergipfel & Getty Images

On secondary source (Getty Images) there are no photographer’s credits and the image is identified as one from the Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel. Even though, we believe it is a d’Ora photo, it keeps the same style as all her photos from Die Tänze des Lasters, des Grauens und der Ekstase.