Fashion & Art The World’s First Supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives Penn

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A lithe blonde with a pert, angled nose, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (née Bernstone) trained as a ballerina and easily transitioned to modeling. Between 1940 and 1952, she appeared on the cover of.

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Fonssagrives later appeared in some of Mr. Penn's most memorable fashion images, among them "Mermaid Dress" and "Woman With Roses," both taken in 1950, the year she became his wife.

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Regarded by many as the world's first supermodel, Swedish Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn was a woman whose many talents extended beyond her much-photographed beauty..

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Lisa Fonssagrive's Penn was beautiful, intelligent and cultivated. She was the first supermodel, long before the term was even invented. In the mid-1900s, no other model adorned the covers of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar as often as she did. And she was Swedish. Lisa Fonssagrives was born in May 1911 and was initially named Lisa Birgitta Bernstone.

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Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, a leading fashion model in the 1940's and 50's, died Tuesday at New York Hospital. She was 80 years old and lived in Huntington L.I. She died of pneumonia, a family.

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Lisa Fonssagrives (born Lisa Birgitta Bernstone; [4] 17 May 1911 - 4 February 1992), was a Swedish model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer. She is widely credited with having been the first supermodel. [5] [6] [7] Biography

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Models Lessons in Style From Fashion's First Supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives By Janelle Okwodu August 24, 2015 1 / 11 Photo: Irving Penn / Condé Nast Publications Long before Gisele Bündchen,.

Fashion & Art The World’s First Supermodel, Lisa Fonssagrives Penn

1 Woman in a Palace, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Marrakech, Morocco, 1951 1 Woman in a Palace, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Marrakech, Morocco, 1951 Taken in 1951 this photograph shows Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, the photographer's wife and model, enjoying tea at the La Bahia Palace in Marrakech.

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Overview Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Exhibition History Title: Woman with Roses (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn in Lafaurie Dress), Paris Artist: Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917-2009 New York) Date: 1950, printed 1968 Medium: Platinum-palladium print Dimensions: Image: 22 x 15 11/16 in. (55.9 x 39.9 cm.)

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Features Lisa Fonssagrives Penn 1911-1992 She was an extraordinary woman—wife, mother, partner, and inspiration. She was never trivial. There was a gravitas about her that imposed admiration and.

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In 1950, Penn was sent to Paris to photograph the haute couture collections for Vogue. He worked in a daylight studio with an old theater curtain as a backdrop, and was graced with an extraordinary model named Lisa Fonssagrives, whom he first encountered in 1947.

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1911-05-17 — 1992-02-04 Dancer, sculptor, photographer's model Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn was a trained dancer who was also a sculptor, a photographer, and a model. She is considered to have been the first supermodel in the world. Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn was born in Gothenburg in 1911.

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Overview Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Exhibition History Title: Rochas Mermaid Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris Artist: Irving Penn (American, Plainfield, New Jersey 1917-2009 New York) Date: 1950, printed 1980 Medium: Platinum-palladium print Dimensions: Image: 19 7/8 x 19 11/16 in. (50.5 x 50 cm.)

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Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn follow artist. Swedish (1911-1992) About the artist: Lisa Fonssagrives (May 17, 1911 - February 4, 1992), born Lisa Birgitta Bernstone was a Swedish fashion model widely credited as the first supermodel. She was born in Uddevalla, Sweden. Her father, a dentist who also painted, changed the family name from Anderson.

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Cocoa-Colored Balenciaga Dress (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn) (A), Paris, 1950, printed June 1979 Irving Penn; Black & White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York, 1950, printed 1968 Irving Penn; Frederick Kiesler & Willem de Kooning, New York, May 4, 1960, printed June 1982 Irving Penn;