Stephan Bibrowsky (1890-1932)

Known as Lionel the Lion-Faced Man. Sideshow performer for Barnum & Bailey’s Circus.

Peggy Guggenheim in a Poiret Design by Man Ray

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Man Ray, pseudonyme d’Emmanuel Radnitsky (1890-1976) est un peintre, photographe et réalisateur de cinéma, acteur du dadaïsme à New York, puis du surréalisme à Paris.

Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky (1890-1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in France. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. 

Reutlinger ca. 1920

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Léopold-Émile Reutlinger (1863-1937) est un photographe français.

Léopold-Émile Reutlinger (1863-1937) was a French photographer.

Geneviève Lantelme





Geneviève Lantelme (1883-1911) est une actrice française, une célébrité, une icône de la mode et une courtisane du début du XXe siècle. Considérée par ses contemporains comme une des plus belles femmes de la Belle Époque, sa disparition précoce et mystérieuse à 24 ans contribua à sa légende.

Geneviève Lantelme (1883-1911) was a French stage actress, socialite, fashion icon, and courtesan. Considered by her contemporaries to be one of the most beautiful women of the Belle Epoque and bearing a resemblance to American actress Ethel Barrymore, she is remembered for the mysterious circumstances of her death: on the night of July 24/25, 1911, she fell from the yacht of her husband, Alfred Edwards.