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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. She moved in with her sister,[1] 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.[2] 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. ^ Zie http://www.maibeeldbank.nl/fotograaf/1 (geraadpleegd april 2015).
  2. a, b 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.