Breslauer, Marianne (1909–2001)
Breslauer, Marianne (1909–2001)
German photographer. Name variations: (pseudonym) Ipp. Born in Berlin, Germany, 1909; died in Zurich, Switzerland, 2001; m. Dr. Walter Feilchenfeldt (art dealer), 1936.
Trained in Berlin, then went to Paris where she was a student of Man Ray; photographed extensively, specializing in urban documentation and portraits; returning to Berlin (1930), entered the Ullstein studio under Elsbeth Heddenhausen; was soon back in Paris, however, where she continued portrait work, photographing artists Pablo Picasso and Ambrois Vollard, among others; also traveled to Spain and Zurich to photograph for the Mauritius and Academia agencies; with work restricted under Hitler's Germany, photographed with the Kind agency (1934), under pseudonym "Ipp"; during 1930s, was widely published in German periodicals, including Frankfurter Illustrierten, Funkstunde, Weltkreir and Weltspiegel; immigrated to Switzerland (1936) and became an art dealer.