Madame D'ora
The photographer of Viennese society and the daughter of a manorial court lawyer, Dora Philippine Kallmus, who exalted herself a bit with high class French elegance by calling herself Madame D’Ora, opened her first studio in 1907 with a colleague. This studio quickly became a venue for international society, resident artists and authors (Gustav Klimt, Karl Kraus, Arthur Schnitzler). The goal-oriented photographer was in her element, going along with the times. As pictorialism, post-impressionists, and the painterly method of art went out of fashion, she cautiously opened up
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