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'''Lisa Fonssagrives''' (May 17, 1911 – February 4, 1992), born '''Lisa Bernstone''' in [[Sweden]], was a [[model (person)|fashion model]] credited by some as the first [[supermodel]].<ref name="NYT">Rosemary Ranck, "The First Supermodel", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 9]], [[1997]][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DE153DF93AA35751C0A961958260 online] retrieved September 24, 2006</ref> |
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Her image appeared on the cover of many magazines during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, from ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', and the original ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. She moved from Sweden to [[Paris]] to train for ballet.<ref name="NYT-Obituary">Anne-Marie Schiro, " Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, Artist Who Gave Up Career as a Model", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 6]], [[1992]] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD153DF935A35751C0A964958260 online] retrieved [[March 6]], [[2008]]</ref> |
Her image appeared on the cover of many magazines during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, from ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', and the original ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. She moved from Sweden to [[Paris]] to train for ballet.<ref name="NYT-Obituary">Anne-Marie Schiro, " Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, Artist Who Gave Up Career as a Model", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 6]], [[1992]] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD153DF935A35751C0A964958260 online] retrieved [[March 6]], [[2008]]</ref> |
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Lisa Fonssagrives | |
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| Born | Lisa Bernstone |
| Occupation | Supermodel |
| Spouse(s) | Fernand Fonssagrives (1935-1950) Irving Penn (1950-1992) |
Lisa Fonssagrives (May 17, 1911 – February 4, 1992), born Lisa Bernstone in Sweden, was a fashion model credited by some as the first supermodel.[1]
Her image appeared on the cover of many magazines during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, from Town & Country, Life, and the original Vanity Fair. She moved from Sweden to Paris to train for ballet.[2] Fonssagrives once described herself as a "good clothes hanger".[1]
She worked with fashion photographers including George Hoyningen-Huene, Man Ray, Horst, Erwin Blumenfeld, George Platt Lynes, Richard Avedon, and Edgar de Evia. She married Parisian photographer Fernand Fonssagrives in 1935; they divorced and she later married another photographer, Irving Penn, in 1950.
Fonssagrives died at the age of 80, survived by her second husband and her two children: daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a costume designer, and her son, Tom Penn, a designer.[2]
References
- ^ a b Rosemary Ranck, "The First Supermodel", The New York Times February 9, 1997online retrieved September 24, 2006
- ^ a b Anne-Marie Schiro, " Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, Artist Who Gave Up Career as a Model", The New York Times February 6, 1992 online retrieved March 6, 2008
Bibliography
- Gross, Michael: Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, New York: W. Morrow, 1995, ISBN 0-688-12659-6
- Seidner, David (ed): Lisa Fonssagrives: Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography, New York: Vendome Press, 1996, ISBN 0-86565-978-8