Anita berber

Josef Fenneker was one of the most important film poster artists of the 1910s and 1920s. An almost complete collection of his film posters is available for viewing at the Deutsche Kinemathek's website.

The history of art mirrors the history of humankind, and the study of works of art and the lives of artists illuminates much about our shared past.

“The Dance Track.” Helene Shelda, a young Russian dancer who was inspired by the Hindus in British India, reaped great success in Paris, 1931. Via Vintage Photography and First Time User.

Dr Adam Alston (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Anita Berber by Otto Dix, Berlin, 1920s

Sebastian Droste dropped anchor in New York like a swishy Nosferatu and tried to seduce the city with his own remix of druggy Weimar dread and an assumed barony, an exotic manifestation of Mitteleu…

Anita Berber and her lover manager, Susi Wanowski

In the dark and seedy cabarets of Weimar Berlin, where sex was a performance and decadence was king, one woman ruled the room. Born to artist parents at the turn of the century, Anita Berber was de…