Ré Soupault
Poland (1901—1996)
After training at Bauhaus under Itten, Kandinsky and Klee, Ré started her career as Eggeling’s assistant on his film Diagonal Symphony. From mid 1920s she worked as a fashion journalist in Berlin, and married Hans Richter. She set up a fashion design studio: May Ray photographed her collection. In 1933 she met Philippe Soupault and they moved to Paris, where they entertained with the avant-garde circles. The couple travelled extensively from France to Germany, Italy, Norway, USA and Tunisia: Ré became the counterpart of Philippe’s pieces. Imprisoned in Tunis, she escaped and reached South America and she lived there until 1948, when she returned to Paris for good.
