Gertrudes Altschul : filigree / edited by Adriano Pedrosa e Tomas Toledo ; texts : Abigail Lapin Dardeshti [and others]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altschul, Gertrudes, 1904-1962, photographer.

Contributor:

Lapin Dardashti, Abigail, writer of added commentary.

Toledo, Tomás, editor.

Pedrosa, Adriano, editor.

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, issuing body, host institution.

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, issuing body, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Photographs. Selections

Language:

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Altschul, Gertrudes, 1904-1962--Exhibitions.

Altschul, Gertrudes.

Altschul, Gertrudes, 1904-1962--Criticism and interpretation.

Women photographers--Brazil--20th century--Exhibitions.

Women photographers.

Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Brazil.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

Primeira edição.

Place of Publication:

São Paulo : MASP, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Gertrudes Altschul (b. 1904-1962) was a pioneering figure in Brazilian modernist photography. Despite being acknowledged in the field of photography in Brazil, her work is known only in specialized circles, having been scantly published and exhibited something that this exhibition, the first in a museum, and its publication intend to rectify. Of Jewish origin, Altschul migrated to Brazil in 1939 from her native Berlin with her husband, Leon Altschul (1890-1975), fleeing the Nazi regime. They settled in São Paulo, where she divided her time between photography and the production of flowers for hats in a factory they managed. Altschulœs photographic work was in tune with the language of Brazilian modern photography, which sought to break away from the classic principles of composition by using abstract and figurative geometric constructions, while experimenting with light, shadow, lines, rhythms, planes as well as development and printing photo processes. In this context, Altschulœs themes concentrated on Brazilian modern architecture and botanical motifs, primarily leaves, as well as everyday objects in different scales, photographic still lives of sorts. The exhibition, which borrows its title from Filigrana [Filigree], one of the Altschulœs most celebrated photographs , presents 62 vintage photographs. The works are grouped into major themes: botany, architecture and still lifes. There are also some images of people, something less frequently explored by Altschul.

Contents:

Gertrudes Altschul at MASP

Filigrees: The twelve photographs by Gertrudes Altschul in the MAP FCCB Collection / Adriano Pedrosa and Tomas Toledo

Circulating images and ideas: Gertrudes Altschul in print / Sarah Hermanson Meister

Between the cigarette and the tablecloth: Gertrudes Altschul and the foto cine clube bandeirante / Heloisa Espada

Photoclubism, gender, and artification: Gertrudes Altschul / Helouise Costa

The architecture of plants: Gertrudes Altschul, ecology and the rise of the paulista skyscraper / Abigail Lapin Dardashti

Elements of a (Brazilian) landscate: Gertrudes Altschul / Paula Vistoria Kupfer

Gertrudes Altschul: photographs

Exhibition checklist

BIographical note / Guillerme Giufrida.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, MASP from Aug. 2021 to Feb. 2022.

Includes bibliographical references (page 216)

ISBN:

6557770128

9786557770122

OCLC:

1289341494