Adolf Bolm in Le Carnaval (Monsieur Adolph Bolm, Le Carnaval)
<p>One of the most famous portraitists in early 20th–century London, E. O. Hoppé became as much of a celebrity as the people he photographed. He had long been fascinated by dance, and when Sergei Diaghilev’s famous Ballets Russes caused a sensation in the city in June 1911, he secured the exclusive rights to photograph the company’s principal dancers. Hoppé prepared for portraits in great depth, reading up on his sitters and their interests, and he strived to put the dancers at ease in sessions that often lasted most of a day. In 1913 the Fine Art Society published 13 of these images in a portfolio, the first of many books of Hoppé’s work.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1911
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.3 × 14 cm (7 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 14.7 cm (8 × 5 13/16 in.); Hinged matte: 35.5 × 24.2 cm (14 × 9 9/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Emil Otto Hoppé
Artist
Photography
Emil Otto Hoppé was a German-born British portrait, travel, and topographic photographer active between 1907 and 1945. Born to a wealthy family in Munich, he moved to London in 1900 to train as a financier, but took up photography and rapidly achieved great success.
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1912 · Photogravure, from the portfolio "Studies from the Russian Ballet"
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1911 · Photogravure, from the portfolio "Studies from the Russian Ballet"
Tamara Karsavina in Le Pavillon d'Armide (Madama Thamar Karasavina, Le Pavillion d'Armide)
1911 · Photogravure, from the portfolio "Studies from the Russian Ballet"
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1911 · Photogravure, from the portfolio "Studies from the Russian Ballet"
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- Emil Otto Hoppé
- Year
- 1911
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.3 × 14 cm (7 5/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 14.7 cm (8 × 5 13/16 in.); Hinged matte: 35.5 × 24.2 cm (14 × 9 9/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1911-103564
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- verified