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Yva (Else Simon)
German
1900–1942
About the Artist
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Unknown photographer. Yva (Else Simon-Neulander). c. 1930s. Silver gelatin print. Museum Folkwang, Essen - Alternate Name(s) Else Neuländer-Simon (Married Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Berlin
- Photo Industry Hubs Berlin Dresden London
- Exhibitions Film und Foto, 1929
- Publications Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, 1917–31 Das deutsche Lichtbild, 1927–38
Artist Chronology
| January 26, 1900 |
Born
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1925–autumn 1930 |
Establishes her first studio
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1926 |
Experiments with double and multiple exposures
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1926 |
Publishes photographs in Welt-Spiegel and Die schöne Frau
Contributor: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1926 |
A review of her work is published in Photofreund
Contributor: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1927–38 |
Orients her work toward advertising and editorial photography
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| November 9–December 10, 1927 |
Solo exhibition at Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf
Participant: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| November 19–December 10, 1927 |
Exhibition at Neumann-Nierendorf Galerie
Participant: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1929–34 |
Collaborates with the editor of UHU to stage picture stories
Contributor: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1929–31 |
Elisabeth Röttgers, also an assistant to Yva, works for Lotte Jacobi for two years
At location: Lotte Jacobi
Affiliated: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| May 18–July 7, 1929 |
Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin Stadtmuseum, Danzig Österreichisches Museum, Vienna Agram, Zagreb Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, Osaka
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone
Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov
Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied
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Stuttgart |
| 1930 |
Gezeichnet oder Geknipst exhibition
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Berlin |
| 1930s |
Publishes photographs in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, Die Dame, Die schöne Frau, Die neue Linie, UHU, Das Magazin, Revue des monats, Figaro, and Münchner Illustrierte Presse
Contributor: Yva (Else Simon)
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Paris Munich Berlin |
| Autumn 1930–Spring 1934 |
Moves to a larger studio with six rooms, including a darkroom, and has several employees
She uses Hauff-Ultra-Rapid, Agfa, Gevaert, and Perux plates, as well as Mimosa, Kodak, and Agfa papers.
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| December 19, 1932–January 20, 1933 |
Prima Biennale internazionale d'arte fotografica at the Palazzo del CNI
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Rome |
| 1933 |
Her photographs are published in Nus: La Beauté de la femme
Contributor: Yva (Else Simon)
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Paris |
| 1933 |
The Modern Spirit in Photography at The Royal Photographic Society
Participant: André Kertész, Yva (Else Simon)
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London |
| August 1933 |
Included in the "List of Foreigners and Jews" banned from working in the German press, which is published in the Nazi-run newspaper Deutsche Nachrichten
Affiliated: Erich Salomon, Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| 1936 |
Friend and art historian Charlotte Wiedler takes over Yva's studio in name only to comply with mandatory Aryanization. Yva continues to publish photographs with the credit line "Presse-Foto Yva"
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| March–April 1936 |
La Photographie vivante. Les Dix at Galerie Leleu
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Paris |
| End of 1938 |
Banned from working
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| Autumn 1938–April 1940 |
Lives briefly in Düsseldorf
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Düsseldorf |
| 1941 |
Works as an X-ray assistant in a Jewish hospital to comply with compulsary labor regulations for Jews
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| June 1, 1942 |
Arrested by the Gestapo. Her and her husband's assets of 1.5 million marks are seized by the National Socialist Party
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
| June 13, 1942 |
She and her husband are deported to Majdanek, where they died
At location: Yva (Else Simon)
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Berlin |
