Ré Soupault
Poland (1901—1996)After training at the Bauhaus under Itten, Kandinsky and Klee, Ré began her career as Eggeling’s assistant on his film Diagonal Symphony. From the mid-1920s she worked as a fashion journalist in Berlin and married Hans Richter. She later opened a fashion studio, whose collection was photographed by Man Ray. In 1933 she met Philippe Soupault in Paris, where they became part of the avant-garde circles and began working together on travel reportage, combining his texts with her photographs. The couple travelled extensively through Europe, the United States and North Africa. In 1942 Philippe was imprisoned in Tunis, and they escaped to Algiers before reaching New York in 1943. After the war they separated, and Ré returned to Paris in 1946, moving to Basel in 1948 and eventually returning to Paris for good in 1955.
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Philippe Soupault / Fernand Léger / Hans Richter
