Gertrude Fehr

Gertrude Fehr 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]

Gertrude Fehr
Gertrude Fehr in 1989.
Born5 March 1895
Mainz
Died16 August 1996 (1996-08-17) (aged 101)
Clarens
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGermany, Swiss, French
OccupationPhotographer
SpouseJules Fehr

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.[2] In 1933, she was forced to flee Germany due to the political climate at the time. She fled with her future Swiss husband Jules Fehr. They fled to Paris and 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.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Discover photographer Gertrude Fehr". rkd.nl. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  2. "Musée de l'Elysée: Gertrude Fehr (1895-1996), a woman photographer at the forefront". www.elysee.ch. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. "These Jewish Women Photographers From the Met's Exhibit Are Absolutely Worth a Look". Hey Alma. 2021-08-03. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved 2022-04-28.


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