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Junge Hessische Bäuerin
Creator
Erna Lendvai-DircksenGerman Photographer · 1883–1962
All works by this person →Photographer Erna Lendvai-Dircksen specialized in portraits, landscapes, and images of architecture. In 1911 she began a massive project to photograph the rural people, architecture, and landscapes of every region of Germany. She continued the project through World War II, while operating a successful portrait studio in Berlin and publishing a series of books. Lendvai-Dircksen became a member of t
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1930
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 04508bd1-e5a8-443e-9d8f-b350449626a4
From the Getty Museum record
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen photographed this woman farmer in a close-up profile, emphasizing her subject as a monumental, idealized type. Borrowing her models from genre painting of the 1800s, Lendvai-Dircksen followed the Nazi model of authentic Aryan art that celebrated their view of a physical ideal. She frequently chose to use her considerable talent and energy for the glory of the German race rather than attempting a more balanced study of human types.
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