[Olga de Meyer, probably at Saint Moritz]

Adolf de Meyer American, born France
ca. 1905
Not on view
Like many Pictorialist photographers, de Meyer became interested in the camera through collecting and making snapshots of family and close friends. Olga de Meyer (née Caracciolo) was his companion and muse until her death in 1931. Rumored to be the illegitimate daughter of the British king Edward VII, she enjoyed a privileged position within the fashionable international set surrounding the monarch. De Meyer made numerous portraits of Olga throughout their famously chic and eccentric life together (in 1916 the couple changed their names to Gayne and Mharah on the advice of an astrologer).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Olga de Meyer, probably at Saint Moritz]
  • Artist: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868–1946 Los Angeles, California)
  • Date: ca. 1905
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lunn Gallery, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.1128.13
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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