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  • Gertrud Simon papers

Series
Collection Reference:
  • 1954
Reference Number:
  • 1954/2
Coverage Dates:
  • 1911 - 1950
Extent:
  • 1 folder
Biographical History:
  • Gertrud (Gerty) Simon née Cohn (1887-1970), portrait photographer, was born in Bremen and lived in Berlin and London where she had studios. The first evidence of credited photographic work was in 1922. Press cuttings indicate exhibitions and collaborative exhibitions of her work in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Her work was included in the 1929 exhibition Fotograhie der Gegenwart. Subjects included Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, the latter became a close family friend. She came to Great Britain with her son Bernd (Bernard) in 1933. They lived in Barnes and then Raynes Park. At her studio in Chelsea she made portrait photographs of subjects including Kenneth Clarke, Aneurin Bevan, Peggy Ashcroft. her work featured in a number of exhibitions in London.
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  • Open
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