Dora Kallmus
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| Dora Kallmus | |
 Dora Kallmus, c. 1909
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| Born | Dora Philippine Kallmus 1881 Vienna, Austria |
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| Died | October 28, 1963 Frohnleiten (near Steiermark), Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Other names | Madame D'Ora |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Known for | Society and fashion photography |
Dora Kallmus (1881 - October 28, 1963) was an Austrian photographer.
With Arthur Benda, she opened a photography studio under the pseudonym Madame d'Ora in Vienna in 1907. She was popular among the Austro-Hungarian aristocracy, and worked as a salon photographer until she left Vienna for Paris in 1925. In Paris, she became internationally known for her society and fashion photography during the 1930s and 1940s. Her subjects included Josephine Baker, Tamara de Lempicka, Alban Berg, Niddy Impekoven, Maurice Chevalier, Colette, and other dancers, actors, painters, and writers.
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- Faber, Monica. Madame d'Ora: Vienna and Paris, 1907-1957, the Photography of Dora Kallmus. Vassar College (1987).
