Background
Lisette Model was born on November 10, 1901, in Vienna, Austria.
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Since 1951 Lisette taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City, New York, United States.
Lisette Model was born on November 10, 1901, in Vienna, Austria.
Model received early training in music as a student of Arnold Schoenberg. In 1922 she went to Paris, France to study music and painting, beginning photography in 1937.
In 1938 Lisette moved to the United States with her husband, the painter Evsa Model. In two years Model applied for a job in the photographic lab of the newspaper P.M. in New York City, New York, United States, but instead of hiring her, the picture editor, Ralph Steiner, published her Promenade des Anglais images: taken on the French Riviera in 1937, they made her a critical success.
From 1941 to 1953 Lisette worked for Harper’s Bazaar. Since 1951 Lisette taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City, New York, United States. Working in small- and medium-format black-and-white, Model is known for her stark images of often large individuals who fill most of the frame and create a sense of mass. Also, she has done an ongoing series on reflections.
Lisette was married to Evsa Model.