KARL SCHENKER MASTER OF THE BEAUTY

Schenker was one of the most famous society portraitists in the 1910s and 20s. Actresses, dancers and celebrated ladies of society a ll came to have their portraits done in his studio on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, between times in New York and later in London.He mad e use of every means of retouching, but surely also the rising cosmetic industry and in some cases presumably the equally young cosm etic surgery. Especially women became formable material, and Schenker had one goal above all beauty.As a photographer, illustrator , painter...[Read more]