Louise dahl-wolfe biography

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After studying painting, figure drawing, and design at the San Francisco Institute of Art, Dahl-Wolfe began experimenting with photography in , inspired by.

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In her youth, Dahl-Wolfe had dreamed of becoming a painter, but was discouraged by her teachers' critiques, and instead pursued interior design.

Louise Emma Augusta Dahl (LEAD) was born November 19, in San Fransisco, California (her mother thought it was good luck if the initials of a child's name.

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe

American photographer (–)

Louise Emma Augusta Dahl-Wolfe (November 19, – December 11, ) was an American photographer. She is known primarily for her work for Harper's Bazaar, in association with fashion editor Diana Vreeland.

At Harper's Bazaar she pioneered a new standard in color photography.

Louise Dahl-Wolfe was born in San Francisco and attended the California School of Design (now the San Francisco Art Institute).

Background

Louise Emma Augusta Dahl was born November 19, , in San Francisco, California, to Norwegian immigrant parents; she was the youngest of three daughters. In , she began her studies at the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Institute of Art), where she studied design and color with Rudolph Schaeffer, and painting with Frank Van Sloan.

She took life drawing, anatomy, figure composition courses and other subjects over the next six years. After graduating, Dahl-Wolfe worked in designing electric signs and interiors. "That's when I became interested in photography", she said, "because I was so bored".^[1] In , Dahl-Wolfe met wit