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Thiemann, Elsa
(1910-1981)Design for wallpaper

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Design for wallpaper. 1930-31. Unique collage consisting of 2 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints with added hand-painting, mounted to board. 32 x 20 cm. Photographer’s estate stamp on mount verso.

Between 1929-1931, Elsa Thiemann's formative years at the Bauhaus in Dessau were marked by influential teachers like Josef Albers, Joost Schmidt, and, notably, Walter Peterhans, who guided her in photography. Her artistic development was strongly shaped by the New Objectivity movement and an emphasis on advertising photography in her Bauhaus education, instilling in her a deep appreciation for structure and innovative composition. In 1930 she met her future husband, the painter Hans Thiemann. After completing her studies, she returned to Berlin in 1931, where she worked as a freelance press photographer until 1960, when she moved to Hamburg following her husband’s appointment as professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste.

Provenienz: From the estate of the photographer

Literatur: Annemarie Jaeggi and Margot Schmidt (eds.). Elsa Thiemann: Fotografin. Bauhaus und Berlin. Berlin: Kupfergraben 2004, see pp. 18-27.