Lisette Model

American Photographer · 1901–1983

66 works on LinkedCulture

Lisette Model began her creative life as a student of music. Through avant-garde composer Arnold Schönberg, with whom she studied piano, she became exposed to the Expressionist painters of early twentieth-century Vienna. She never formally studied photography but took it up in the 1930s while living in Paris. An early piece of advice received from a colleague--"Never photograph anything you are no

Works

[Asti's. New York].

[Asti's. New York].

Getty Museum · 1946

[Bather, Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

[Bather, Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Belmont Park Race Track, Couple with Cigarettes]

[Belmont Park Race Track, Couple with Cigarettes]

Getty Museum · 1956

[Billie Holiday]

[Billie Holiday]

Getty Museum · about 1954

[Billie Holiday]

[Billie Holiday]

Getty Museum · 1959

[Blind Man, Paris]

[Blind Man, Paris]

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Bois de Boulogne].

[Bois de Boulogne].

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Boulevard Montparnasse, Paris].

[Boulevard Montparnasse, Paris].

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Circus Man, Nice]

[Circus Man, Nice]

Getty Museum · about 1937

[Couple Dancing, Astor Roof, New York].

[Couple Dancing, Astor Roof, New York].

Getty Museum · 1943

[Dancer, Hugh Laing Ballet].

[Dancer, Hugh Laing Ballet].

Getty Museum · about 1960

[Delancey Street, New York]

[Delancey Street, New York]

Getty Museum · about 1942

[Divorcée, Reno]

[Divorcée, Reno]

Getty Museum · 1949

[Dog Show].

[Dog Show].

Getty Museum · about 1940–1945

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

Getty Museum · about 1953

Dylan Thomas.

Dylan Thomas.

Getty Museum · 1950–1953

[Eastside].

[Eastside].

Getty Museum · about 1945

[Edward Hopper].

[Edward Hopper].

Getty Museum · 1944–1947

Feet in the Rain, Fifth Avenue.

Feet in the Rain, Fifth Avenue.

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

Feet, Wall Street.

Feet, Wall Street.

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

Feet: Wall Street.

Feet: Wall Street.

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

[Forty-Second Street from Sixth Avenue Subway, New York].

[Forty-Second Street from Sixth Avenue Subway, New York].

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

Fountain, Rome.

Fountain, Rome.

Getty Museum · 1953–1966

Gallagher's Restaurant, New York

Gallagher's Restaurant, New York

Getty Museum · 1944

[Georgia O'Keeffe]

[Georgia O'Keeffe]

Getty Museum · 1944–1947

[Harborside, New York]

[Harborside, New York]

Getty Museum · 1939–1945

Legs in Bergdorf Goodman's window with drawings of Bemelmans.

Legs in Bergdorf Goodman's window with drawings of Bemelmans.

Getty Museum · 1949

[Lower East Side].

[Lower East Side].

Getty Museum · 1940

[Lower East Side].

[Lower East Side].

Getty Museum · 1940–1945

[Lower East Side, New York]

[Lower East Side, New York]

Getty Museum · 1939–1946

[Market, Nice]

[Market, Nice]

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

Museo Campidoglio.

Museo Campidoglio.

Getty Museum · 1966

Museo Campidoglio, Rome.

Museo Campidoglio, Rome.

Getty Museum · 1953–1966

[Nick's Nightclub, New York]

[Nick's Nightclub, New York]

Getty Museum · 1940–1944

[Opening Night, San Francisco Opera].

[Opening Night, San Francisco Opera].

Getty Museum · 1949

[Pamphleteer, Paris]

[Pamphleteer, Paris]

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Peanut Vendor, Nice]

[Peanut Vendor, Nice]

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

Getty Museum · about 1934

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

Getty Museum · about 1934

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

Getty Museum · about 1934

[Ratina Patinou].

[Ratina Patinou].

Getty Museum · about 1946

[Reflection, Fifth Avenue].

[Reflection, Fifth Avenue].

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

[Reflection, Lower East Side].

[Reflection, Lower East Side].

Getty Museum · 1940

[Reflection No. 1, New York]

[Reflection No. 1, New York]

Getty Museum · 1939–October 1940

[Reflection, San Francisco]

[Reflection, San Francisco]

Getty Museum · 1949

[Reflections, Fifth Avenue].

[Reflections, Fifth Avenue].

Getty Museum · 1940

[Reflections, Fifth Avenue, New York].

[Reflections, Fifth Avenue, New York].

Getty Museum · 1940–1945

[Reflections, New York].

[Reflections, New York].

Getty Museum · about 1940–1945

[Restaurant, New York]

[Restaurant, New York]

Getty Museum · 1945

[Rhinoceros Resting on Its Side]

[Rhinoceros Resting on Its Side]

Getty Museum · 1933–1938

[Rome].

[Rome].

Getty Museum · 1953–1966

[Rome].

[Rome].

Getty Museum · 1953–1966

[Running Legs, Sixth Avenue].

[Running Legs, Sixth Avenue].

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

[Running Legs, Wall Street, New York]

[Running Legs, Wall Street, New York]

Getty Museum · 1940–1941

[Sailor and Girl, Sammy's Bar, New York]

[Sailor and Girl, Sammy's Bar, New York]

Getty Museum · 1940–1944

[San Francisco].

[San Francisco].

Getty Museum · 1949

[San Francisco].

[San Francisco].

Getty Museum · 1949

[Singer, Sammy's Bar, New York]

[Singer, Sammy's Bar, New York]

Getty Museum · about 1940–1944

[St. Peter's, Rome].

[St. Peter's, Rome].

Getty Museum · 1966

[St. Peter's, Rome].

[St. Peter's, Rome].

Getty Museum · 1966

[St. Regis Hotel, New York]

[St. Regis Hotel, New York]

Getty Museum · about 1945

[They Honor Their Sons].

[They Honor Their Sons].

Getty Museum · 1942

Villa Borghese.

Villa Borghese.

Getty Museum · 1953–1966

[War Rally].

[War Rally].

Getty Museum · 1942

[Woman in Deck Chair, French Riviera]

[Woman in Deck Chair, French Riviera]

Getty Museum · about 1934

[Woman with Veil, San Francisco].

[Woman with Veil, San Francisco].

Getty Museum · 1949