Adolf de Meyer
Photographer, Visual Artist
1868 – 1949
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Who was Adolf de Meyer?
Baron Adolph de Meyer was a photographer famed for his elegant photographic portraits in the early 20th century, many of which depicted celebrities such as Mary Pickford, Rita Lydig, Luisa Casati, Billie Burke, Irene Castle, John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Ruth St. Denis, King George V of the United Kingdom, and Queen Mary. He was also the first official fashion photographer for the American magazine Vogue, appointed to that position in 1913.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1868
Paris - Also known as
- Adolf Meyer Watson
- Adolph de Meyer
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Jan 6, 1949
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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