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Trude Fleischmann Photography Exhibition: Famous & Family , Opens May 2

The Fairfield University Art Museum's Bellarmine Hall Galleries will host 'Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann' from May 2 through July 26, 2025. This is the first American solo museum exhibition dedicated to the Austrian-born photographer Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990), featuring over 100 photographs that span her groundbreaking career in 1920s-30s Vienna and her influential work in the United States after fleeing Nazi persecution in 1938. The show includes portraits of cultural figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Albert Einstein, alongside never-before-exhibited works from family collections and a documentary film.

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Fairfield University Art Museum Presents Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann, May 2 – July 26

Fairfield University Art Museum will present "Famous & Family: Through the Lens of Trude Fleischmann" from May 2 to July 26, 2025, marking the first solo museum exhibition of the Austrian-born photographer's work in the United States. The show features over 100 photographs spanning Fleischmann's career, including her early studio work in 1920s and 1930s Vienna capturing cultural figures, and her later portraits of luminaries such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Albert Einstein after she emigrated to New York in 1940. The exhibition includes never-before-exhibited works from family collections and a documentary film, and is curated by museum executive director Carey Weber alongside Fleischmann's cousin Barbara Loss.

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