Tina Modotti

[gr82bart]

Born in Italy as: Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini
Edward Weston's famous nude model and mistress
Actress, activist, artist
Her photography was unknown until a large collection of her work was discovered in the estate of her late husband

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...a-Modotti-An-amazing-life-in-photography.html

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/reasons-to-love-tina-modotti-606902

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1794/tina-modotti-american-born-italy-1896-1942/

Enjoy!
Regards, Art

 

[bdial]

She was an interesting person.
There are a few books of her work around.

 

[juan]

I agree with Weston. Her early work could be very, very good, but as she became more committed to communism, her work became trite - too overtly political.

 

[Wayne]

Husband?

 

[gr82bart]

Husband?

Wasn't she married to Roubaix de l’Abrie Richey ?

 

[Wayne]

Wasn't she married to Roubaix de l’Abrie Richey ?

I've heard him called her husband but he also died before most of her photos were taken, didn't he?

 

[CMoore]

My photo teacher gave a 10 minute lecture about her one day. Pretty Interesting person...lots of photographs that i liked.

 

[Wayne]

I've heard him called her husband but he also died before most of her photos were taken, didn't he?

My point being, that that would make it hard for her photos to have been discovered in his estate.

 

[John Koehrer]

"A cache of prints discovered in a farmhouse in Oregon" Doesn't tell anyone how they got there, did it?

 

[jtk]

Weston knew more than we do about her. Congratulations to EW.

 

[Wayne]

"A cache of prints discovered in a farmhouse in Oregon" Doesn't tell anyone how they got there, did it?

Not sure what you mean by this.

 

[Jim Jones]

Wasn't she married to Roubaix de l’Abrie Richey ?

Yes, in 1918 shortly before she met Weston. A few years later she had become Weston's model and more. Robo Richie died in Mexico in 1922, just before Tina and their friend Weston was to join him. A few weeks later she returned to America. In 1923 Tina, Weston, and Weston's son Chandler did go to Mexico. By 1926 Weston was back in America for good. After a tumultuous life Tina died early in 1942, having never remarried.