Lisette MODEL
1901–1980, Austria/USA

Lisette Model was born Elise Felic Amelie Stern in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Her father was an Italian/Austrian doctor of Jewish descent attached to the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Army and, later, to the International Red Cross; her mother was French and Roman Catholic, and Model was baptised into her mother's faith. Two years after her birth, her parents changed their family name to Seybert. According to interview testimony from her older brother, she was sexually molested by her father, though the full extent of his abuse remains unclear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisette_Mod

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Lisette Model's searing images and eloquent teachings have influenced three generations of photographers, including the star-studded roster of artists featured in this exhibition. A native of Vienna, she lived in France before moving to New York in 1938. On view in the exhibition are many of her most iconic images that collectively convey a portrait of America at all social levels, from Coney Island and jazz clubs to local hangouts and Fifth Avenue. Coinciding with the show, and to mark the 25th anniversary of her death in 1983, Aperture is reissuing the classic 1979 monograph on Model with the original design of Marvin Israel.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum/lisettemodel

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