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'''Lisa Fonssagrives''' ([[May 17]], [[1911]] – [[February 4]], [[1992]]), born '''Lisa Bernstone''' in [[Sweden]], was a [[model (person)|fashion model]] credited by some as the first "supermodel."<ref name="NYT">Rosemary Ranck, "The First Supermodel", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 9]], [[1997]][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DE153DF93AA35751C0A961958260 online] retrieved [[September 24]], [[2006]]</ref>
'''Lisa Fonssagrives''' ([[May 17]], [[1911]] – [[February 4]], [[1992]]), born '''Lisa Bernstone''' in [[Sweden]], was a [[model (person)|fashion model]] credited by some as the first supermodel.<ref name="NYT">Rosemary Ranck, "The First Supermodel", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 9]], [[1997]][http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DE153DF93AA35751C0A961958260 online] retrieved [[September 24]], [[2006]]</ref>


Her image appeared on the cover of many magazines during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, from ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', and the original ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. She moved from Sweden to [[Paris]] to train for ballet.<ref name="NYT-Obituary">Anne-Marie Schiro, " Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, Artist Who Gave Up Career as a Model", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 6]], [[1992]] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD153DF935A35751C0A964958260 online] retrieved [[March 6]], [[2008]]</ref>
Her image appeared on the cover of many magazines during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, from ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'', ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', and the original ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. She moved from Sweden to [[Paris]] to train for ballet.<ref name="NYT-Obituary">Anne-Marie Schiro, " Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, Artist Who Gave Up Career as a Model", ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[February 6]], [[1992]] [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD153DF935A35751C0A964958260 online] retrieved [[March 6]], [[2008]]</ref>
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She worked with fashion photographers including [[George Hoyningen-Huene]], [[Man Ray]], [[Horst P. Horst|Horst]], [[Erwin Blumenfeld]], [[George Platt Lynes]], [[Richard Avedon]], and [[Edgar de Evia]]. She married Parisian photographer [[Fernand Fonssagrives]] in 1935; they divorced and she later married another photographer, [[Irving Penn]], in 1950.
She worked with fashion photographers including [[George Hoyningen-Huene]], [[Man Ray]], [[Horst P. Horst|Horst]], [[Erwin Blumenfeld]], [[George Platt Lynes]], [[Richard Avedon]], and [[Edgar de Evia]]. She married Parisian photographer [[Fernand Fonssagrives]] in 1935; they divorced and she later married another photographer, [[Irving Penn]], in 1950.


Lisa Fonssagrives died at the age of 80, survived by her second husband and her two children: daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a costume designer, and her son, Tom Penn, a designer.<ref name="NYT-Obituary" />
Fonssagrives died at the age of 80, survived by her second husband and her two children: daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a costume designer, and her son, Tom Penn, a designer.<ref name="NYT-Obituary" />


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Lisa Fonssagrives
File:LisaFdeE.jpg
Born
Lisa Bernstone
OccupationSupermodel
Spouse(s)Fernand Fonssagrives
(1935-1950)
Irving Penn
(1950-1992)

Lisa Fonssagrives (May 17, 1911February 4, 1992), born Lisa Bernstone in Sweden, was a fashion model credited by some 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. She moved from Sweden to Paris to train for ballet.[2] Fonssagrives once described herself as a "good clothes hanger".[1]

She worked with fashion photographers including George Hoyningen-Huene, Man Ray, Horst, Erwin Blumenfeld, George Platt Lynes, Richard Avedon, and Edgar de Evia. She married Parisian photographer Fernand Fonssagrives in 1935; they divorced and she later married another photographer, Irving Penn, in 1950.

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

References

  1. ^ a b Rosemary Ranck, "The First Supermodel", The New York Times February 9, 1997online retrieved September 24, 2006
  2. ^ a b Anne-Marie Schiro, " Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 80, Artist Who Gave Up Career as a Model", The New York Times February 6, 1992 online retrieved March 6, 2008

Bibliography

  • Gross, Michael: Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women, New York: W. 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