05.12.2024 – 09.03.2025
Madame d’Ora, the pseudonym of Dora Kallmus (1881-1963), was one of the most important international photographers of the early 20th century. As one of the first fashion photographers, she documented the clothing creations of the Wiener Werkstätte and portrayed the fashion entrepreneur and style icon Emilie Flöge. Splendid portraits of the Hungarian high aristocracy, which Dora Kallmus photographed in 1916/17 on the occasion of Emperor Charles’ coronation as King of Hungary, uniquely show the splendour of an era that was coming to an end. The exhibition, curated by Gabriele Hofer-Hagenauer and comprising exclusively the photographer’s own collection, spans the period from her early days in Vienna to the later phases of her work, when she lived in Paris from 1925. In Paris, Dora Kallmus portrayed stars such as Josephine Baker and Ida Rubinstein, created glamorous fashion photographs and worked on the consistent further development of her photographic style. The experience of persecution and loss during the Second World War ultimately characterised the photographer’s late work.
MADAME D’ORA – elegance and eccentricity
05.12.2024 – 09.03.2025
Francisco Carolinum Linz
Museumsstraße 14
4020 Linz
www.ooekultur.at
