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Maria Austria

Maria Austria was a photographer. The main themes in her work were theatre and documentary photography.

Person

  • Maria Austria
  • Born on: March 19, 1915
  • Born in: Karlsbad, Tsjecho-Slowakije
  • Died on: Jan. 10, 1975
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Maria Austria ( Marie Karoline Oestreicher) moved after studying photography in Vienna to Amsterdam in 1937.[1] She moved in with her sister, Alzbeta Oestreicher, an illustrator and designer.[2] After 1945, she was involved with the photo agency Particam. Among other things, she photographed the creation and blossoming of the Holland Festival, and opera and ballet productions. When Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett were in Amsterdam in 1954 for their stage adaptation of the diary, Austria photographed all the rooms of the Secret Annex for this purpose.[3] Otto Frank made the following note on 8 December 1954: 'Photos. - Austria'. On 11 December 1954: 'Photos with Haket + Kanin'.

Source personal data.[4] Addresses: Karlsbad; Beethovenstraat 116-II, Amsterdam (October 1937); Noorder Amstellaan 192-III (February 1939); Merwedeplein 23-III (January 1941); Hofmeyrstraat 5-III (August 1943); Willemsparkweg 120hs (August 1945).[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Maria Austria Instituut: Maria Austria.
  2. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart A. Oestreicher ('02).
  3. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_011: Agenda Otto Frank 1954.
  4. a, b SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart M.K. Oestreicher.