Tag: women portraits

Riefenstahl by Falkengren

Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) ~ Portrait of Unknown Woman [Leni Riefenstahl (?)], Berlin, 1925 | src Moderna museet
Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) ~ Actress and film director Leni Riefenstahl, Berlin, 1924 | src Moderna museet

Edward Povey · Sleeping through

Edward Povey ~ Sleeping Through, 2019. Oil and graphite on canvas | src Povey website
Edward Povey ~ Sleeping Through, 2019. (Detail the face and drawn hand) | src IG
Edward Povey ~ Sleeping Through, 2019. Permanent collection, New Orleans | src IG
Edward Povey ~ Sleeping Through, 2019 | src MEAM · Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (BCN)

Anna Akhmatova by Nappelbaum

Moissej Nappelbaum (1869-1958) ~ Poetess Anna Akhmatova, 1926, vintage print. Portraits of Soviet Intellectual Life @ Galerie Berinson
Anna Akhmatova / Анна Ахматова
Анна Ахматова

Mrs. Freeman-Thomas by Beaton

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) ~ Mrs Freeman-Thomas, 1928 © the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s
Wearing a racing “fashion of the far future”: The Hon. Mrs. Freeman-Thomas at The Dream of the Fair Women Ball (photo: Bertram Park)

The Pageant of Past, Present and Future Fashions was held on 29th February 1928 (Leap Year Night) at Claridge’s (London) in aid of the Winter Distress League. The costumes for the dresses of the (far) future were designed by Cecil Beaton. The image above shows Ms. Freeman-Thomas in an outfit titled ‘The Ascot Dress of the Future’.

Detail from Mrs Freeman-Thomas by Cecil Beaton (formerly Miss Blossom Forbes-Robertson), 1928

Loïe Fuller in Tragedy of Salome

Loïe Fuller (1862 – 1928) in the Dance of Fear from Salomé (Lyric Pantomime), 1895 or 1896 (*)

(*) Retrieved from: Fifteen years of a dancer’s life, with some account of her distinguished friends / with an introduction by Anatole France (Boston: Small, Maynard & Co.,1913) | src NYPL Research Catalog

Henri Manuel (1874-1947) ~ Loïe Fuller in Robert d’Humières’ Tragédie de Salomé at the Théâtre des Arts, Paris, 1907 | src Ader
Henri Manuel (1874-1947) ~ Loïe Fuller (1862 – 1928) in attrezzo for the Tragedy of Salome, 1896 | src getty images

Billy Blei von Trude Fleischmann

Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) ~ Rollenbild der Schauspielerin Sibylla Blei (1897-1962), um 1925 | src Wien Museum
Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) ~ Rollenbild der Schauspielerin Sibylla Blei (1897-1962), um 1925 | src Wien museum

Erika Wagner by Fleischmann

Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) ~ Erika Wagner (1890-1974), Schauspielerin, Rollenbild, um 1925 | src Wien Museum
Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) ~ Erika Wagner (1890-1974), Schauspielerin, Rollenbild, um 1925 | src Wien Museum

Adriaan Boer · some portraits

Adriaan Boer (1875–1940) ~ Studio portrait -in profile- of a young woman, seated in a chair, Bloemendaal, 1912-1922 | src Spaarnestad Photo
Adriaan Boer (1875–1940) ~ Portrait of Madeleine Veth sitting on a stool, ca. 1912 | src Spaarnestad Photo
Adriaan Boer (1875–1940) ~ Studio portrait of a girl in a dark suit with a sailor collar, 1897-1912 | src Spaarnestad Photo
Adriaan Boer (1875–1940) ~ Studio portrait of a young woman with long dark hair and a straw hat, 1897-1922
Adriaan Boer (1875–1940) ~ ‘Mevrouw Z.-R.’ portret van een Indische dame, ca. 1910 | src Spaarnestad Photo