Karl Schenker (1886-1954)

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Name (English)
Karl Schenker
Short name
Karl Schenker
Year of birth
1886
Year of death
1954
Short Description
"Karl Schenker, (born Karol Schenker on 23 October 1886 in Sereth, Bukovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died 18 August 1954 in London) was an Austrian photographer, illustrator of fashion magazines and painter. The artist, who mainly worked in Berlin, was Jewish and had to emigrate from Germany to London in 1938 and received British citizenship in 1948.

Karol Schenker was born on 23 October 1886 in Sereth (now Siret in Romania) the son of tax inspector Jakob Schenker and Rosa Schenker (née Schleisberg). After the family moved to Lemberg (in the Austro-Hungarian part of the former Poland, now Ukraine), Schenker became a member of the Friends of Artistic Photography around 1900 and has regularly participated in the association's exhibitions from 1904. Karol Schenker exhibited his work at the International General Photography Exhibition for Amateur Photography in Kraków at the age of 18. In the amateur photography category, he was awarded a silver medal." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
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    Christiane Zimmer im schwarzen kurzärmeligen Kleid mit Perlenkette mit den Händen auf dem Schoss

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    Christiane Zimmer im schwarzen kurzärmeligen Kleid mit Perlenkette im Halbprofil

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