Florence Meyer
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Florence Homolka (born Florence Meyer) (1911 - 1962) was a successful portrait photographer and socialite.
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[edit] Early life
She was born in New York City, the eldest daughter of Eugene Meyer (1875-1959), editor of the Washington Post, and Agnes Elizabeth Meyer (1887-1970). Her younger sister was the future Washington Post editor Katherine Graham.
She studied dance and acting in Paris and Berlin.
[edit] Photography
She photographed numerous artists, playwrights, actors, writers, composers, musicians, statesmen, film stars, and other celebrities of her day.
Her work included portraits of James Agee, Thomas Mann, Constantin Brancusi, Charlie Chaplin, Judy Garland, Vladimir Horowitz, Lion Feuchtwanger and of fellow photographers Edward Steichen, Walker Evans, and Brassaï. [1]
Homolka was a close friend and protege of Man Ray, and in 1946 took the photographs for the double wedding portraits of Man Ray and Juliet Browner, and Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning.
Homolka was the author of "Focus on Art", published posthumously in 1963.
[edit] Personal life
In 1939, Florence married the Austrian character actor Oscar Homolka (1898-1978). They had two sons. Vincent and Laurence. They later divorced.
The Homolkas moved to Los Angeles around 1943, and lived at 10788 Bellagio Road in Bel-Air and 914 Corsica Drive in Pacific Palisades.
She died in Los Angeles in 1962.
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[edit] External links
- [1] Getty Museum biography
