Gertrude Fehr Explained

Gertrude Fehr
Birth Date:5 March 1895
Birth Place:Mainz, Germany
Death Place:Clarens, Free State, South Africa
Nationality:German
Citizenship:Germany, Swiss, French
Occupation:Photographer
Spouse:Jules Fehr

Gertrude Fehr (5 March 1895 – 16 August 1996) was a German photographer. She was born in Mainz on Tuesday 5 March 1895 and died in 1996 at the age of 101.[1] She was one of the earliest professional female photographers.[2]

Biography

Gertrude Fehr came from a prominent German Jewish family.[3] In 1918, after an apprenticeship in the Munich studio of Eduard Wasow, Fehr opened her own studio, employing six people. In 1933, she was forced to flee Germany due to the political climate at the time. She fled with Jules Fehr, her future Swiss husband, to Paris. In 1934, the two of them opened the Publiphot school. In the end of the 1930s she and her husband moved to Switzerland where they opened a photography school in Lausanne. She proposed color photography in 1950. She died in 1996.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discover photographer Gertrude Fehr . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722115859/https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/274628 . July 22, 2021 . 2020-02-17 . rkd.nl . en.
  2. Web site: Musée de l'Elysée: Gertrude Fehr (1895-1996), a woman photographer at the forefront . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305222844/http://www.elysee.ch/en/exhibitions-and-events/events/detail/news/gertrude-fehr-1895-1996-a-woman-photographer-at-the-forefront/ . March 5, 2021 . 2020-02-17 . www.elysee.ch.
  3. Web site: 2021-08-03 . These Jewish Women Photographers From the Met's Exhibit Are Absolutely Worth a Look . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326190553/https://www.heyalma.com/these-jewish-women-photographers-from-the-mets-exhibit-are-absolutely-worth-a-look/ . March 26, 2023 . 2022-04-28 . Hey Alma . en-US.