Florence Meyer

Florence Meyer ( born January 22, 1911 † November 27, 1962 ) was an American photographer, actress and dancer.

Life

Florence Meyer was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Agnes and Eugene Meyer. She completed her education at Bryn Mawr and Radcliffe and stood at the age of 16 years for the first time on stage. At that time she played an angel in the Everyman in Salzburg, where she was trained with Harald Kreutzberg in dancing. In 1937 she was seen in Reinhardt 's production of The Eternal Road; however, it was. known as a photographer as an actress and dancer She created numerous portraits of famous personalities. Many pictures Meyers are now in the Agnes and Eugene Meyer Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington. From Florence Meyer comes about the famous image that shows Thomas Mann in 1948 with his grandchildren Frido and Toni, The double wedding with Juliet Browner Man Ray and Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning with Florence Meyer held firmly in the picture.

With her husband Oskar Homolka lived Florence Meyer in Bel Air and Pacific Palisades. From the closed since 1939 and seven years later, divorced with Homolka had two sons.