Lisa Fonssagrives as photographed by Edgar de Evia in his home in the Rhinelander Mansion

Lisa Fonssagrives (May 17, 1911 – February 4, 1992), born Lisa Bernstone in Sweden, was a model. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Fernand Fonssagrives ( June 8, 1910 - April 23, 2003) born near Paris, France he was a Photographer known for Irving Penn (born 16 June 1917) is an American Photographer known for his portraiture and Fashion photography. Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia ( July 30, 1910 – February 10, 2003) was a Mexican The Rhinelander Mansion, or more accurately the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion is a massive French Renaissance Revival mansion Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising.

Biography

Lisa Fonssagrives has been credited 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. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American Lifestyle Magazine Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications. She moved from Sweden to Paris to train for ballet ^[2]. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Fonssagrives once described herself as a "good clothes hanger". ^[1]

She worked with fashion photographers which included George Hoyningen-Huene, Man Ray, Horst, Erwin Blumenfeld, George Platt Lynes, Richard Avedon, and Edgar de Evia. Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900 - 1968 was a seminal Fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky ( August 27 1890 &ndash November 18 1976) in Philadelphia PA and raised Horst P Horst, most often known as just Horst, ( August 14, 1906 – November 18, 1999) was a German American photographer Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969 was a famous American photographer of German origin George Platt Lynes ( 15 April 1907 &ndash 6 December 1955) was an American fashion and commercial photographer Richard Avedon ( May 15, 1923 &ndash October 1, 2004) was an American Photographer. Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia ( July 30, 1910 – February 10, 2003) was a Mexican She married Parisian photographer Fernand Fonssagrives in 1935; they divorced. Fernand Fonssagrives ( June 8, 1910 - April 23, 2003) born near Paris, France he was a Photographer known for Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She later married photographer Irving Penn in 1950. Irving Penn (born 16 June 1917) is an American Photographer known for his portraiture and Fashion photography.

Lisa Fonssagrives died at the age of 80, survived by her second husband, Irving Penn and her two children, daughter, Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a costume designer and her son, Tom Penn, a designer. ^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Gross, Michael: Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, New York: W. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 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