Creator Bio
Grete Stern
1904–1999
The German photographer and graphic designer Grete Stern was the cofounder of the Berlin-based photography studio ringl + pit. Stern was a multidisciplinary artist, having studied music, graphic design, and photography, and she built a successful business with her friend and collaborator Ellen Auerbach. However, in 1934 Stern was compelled to leave Berlin. She established a photography studio in London before moving with her husband, photographer Horacio Coppola, to his native Argentina in 1935. In Buenos Aires, she taught photography and continued her photographic activity.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Sueño No. 1: “Artículos eléctricos para el hogar”
Dream No. 1: Electrical Appliances for the Home is one of a series of photomontages that Grete Stern produced from 1948 to 1951. They appeared in an Argentinian women’s magazine illustrating a weekly…