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This landmark show will present over 100 photographs by the Austrian-born photographer Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990), one of the most accomplished female photographers of the 20th century. The show, the first solo museum exhibition of the photographer’s work to be presented in the United States, will highlight Fleischmann’s groundbreaking career in Vienna during the 1920s and 1930s, as well as her influential work in the United States after her emigration in 1939.
At just 25 years old, Fleischmann opened her own studio in Vienna and achieved great success as a photographer. She became known for photographing artists, dancers, actors, and other key cultural figures of the era. When the Nazis invaded during the 1938 Anschluss, she fled first to London and then to New York. She opened a studio just behind Carnegie Hall on 56th Street in 1940 and photographed many of the artists and intellectuals of the day, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Albert Einstein.
Lenders to the exhibition include the Wien Museum in Vienna, Austria, the New York Public Library, and private collectors. Importantly, it will also feature never-before-exhibited works from the Fleischmann and Cornides family collections, as well as the family collection of her student and life-long friend, photographer Helen Post (1907-1979). Together, these works provide an unprecedented and intimate view of the photographer’s personal and professional legacy.
Image: Trude Fleischmann, Toni Birkmeyer Ballet in “Cancan,” Vienna, 1930, gelatin silver print. Lent by Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. © Trude Fleischmann
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Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. When possible, those events will also be streamed and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel.
Note: Guided tours led by community docents will be offered for this exhibition! For more information, please contact museum@fairfield.edu
Opening Lecture: Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann*
Thursday, May 1, 5 p.m.
Frauke Kreutler, Curator, Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
Dolan School of Business Event Space and streaming
Opening Reception: Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann
Thursday, May 1, 6-8 p.m.
Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries and Great Hall
With live Viennese-inspired music by a string quartet
Gallery Talk: Heike Herrberg, Barbara Loss, and Dr. Henry Rosenberg Discuss Trude
Friday, May 2, 12 noon
Fleischmann as Family Photographer
Bellarmine Hall, Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Note: this event is in-person only and will not be recorded
Family Day: Gold and Glitter in Vienna!
Saturday, May 10, 12:30-2 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m.
Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom
Arts and crafts for ages 4-10. Space is limited; registration required
Lecture: Heimat Photography and the Art of Trude Fleischmann
Thursday, June 12, 5 p.m.
Elizabeth Cronin, Robert B. Menschel Curator of Photography, Wallach Division, The New York Public Library
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room and streaming
*Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation
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Location:
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Parking:
Free parking is available in front of Bellarmine Hall. Handicap parking is available next to the museum’s service and classroom entrance on the lower level of Bellarmine Hall.
Admission:
The museum is open to the public and admission is free.
Tours:
Private tours with a curator are available for a fee; please contact museum@fairfield.edu or 203-254-4046.
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