Altina Schinasi
Altina Schinasi married Altina Carey Miranda Sanders Barrett (born 4 August 1907 in New York City; † August 11, 1999 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American designer and film producer.
Life and work
Altina Schinasi came in 1907 as the youngest of three daughters of Morris ( 1855-1928; well Moussa ) and Laurette Schinasi in a villa in Manhattan to the world. Her father, a Turkish immigrant, had acquired his fortune with the patented invention of a cigarette rolling machine.
Schinasi initially worked as a window designer in a shop in Manhattan. When she noticed the uniformity of offered at this time round glasses, they developed a new, sharp design, under the name Harlequin glasses ( harlequin glasses) was known. First Schinasis invention from different manufacturers was rejected. Finally, she worked with Lugene, a modern optician's shop on Madison Avenue, together. One of the first models purchased writer Clare Boothe Luce, many more customers followed. The Harlequin glasses developed in the late 1930s to a trend that was picked up by magazines such as Vogue and Life. Schinasi founded a company that took over the sales. In 1939 she was awarded the American Design Award from Lord & Taylor. Your glasses were worn until the 1950s and the early 1990s had a revival.
Schinasi was also artistic, interested painted and made sculptures. She learned of painters like George Grosz in the Art Students League of New York and René Bensussan in Paris. Mid-1940s sold Schinasi her glasses company and moved to Los Angeles. There she studied at the Jepson School of Art at Howard Warshaw.
1973 moved to Washington DC Schinasi. Inspired by a photo by Henri Cartier- Bresson developed a new design for human-like seating, which she called Chairacters and published, among other things as the cover image of the Los Angeles Times.
Schinasi was married four times. Her first husband was a New York architect. The marriage had two sons, Terry Sanders and Denis Sanders, who were successful filmmakers and Oscar winner. Schinasis second man Barrett was an Austrian physician.
1960 produced Schinasi with her third husband, Charles Carey the documentary short film George Grosz ' Interregnum about her former art teacher. Terry Sanders participated as cinematographer, Lotte Lenya as the spokesperson. The film brought the producer duo an Academy Award nomination and won a Golden Lion.
1981 moved to Santa Schinasi fairy in the U.S. state of New Mexico. There she married her fourth husband, who had fled from Cuba painter Celestino Miranda, and was still active as an artist. In 1995, she published her autobiography The Road I Have Travelled. She died at the age of 92 at her home in Santa Fe from a heart attack.
Schinasis grandson Peter Sanders (born 1969 ), son of Denis Sanders, portrayed in the documentation Altina (2012 ) his grandmother. The feature-length film that ran at various festivals, shows excerpts from an interview with Terry Sanders 1991, with her family photos, movie scenes and comments from friends and her last two husbands.