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Taussig portraits

Taussig Manasse portraits

These Studio Manasse portraits capture the 'new woman’ of the 1920s and 30s: confident and provocative. 

Husband and wife Adorja’n von Wlassics (1893-1946) and Olga Solarics (1896-1969) ran the Manasse Foto-Salon in Vienna from 1922-1938. The first Manasse portraits appeared in 1924 in movie magazines, and the studio also employed retouching and overpainting of its subjects.

These images are part of the NFSA Taussig Collection: thousands of classic European and American film stills from the beginning of cinema to the 1930s. A postwar migrant from Austria, Hans Taussig developed the collection during his early career in film and journalism in Europe.

Photographic portrait of film actress Grit von Elben.
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Grit von Elben, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1930). From the Taussig film stills collection.

A head and shoulders portrait shot of film actress Vilma Banky.
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Vilma Banky, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1924). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Portrait of Baroness Luli von Hohenberg who is seated and resting her head on her hands.
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Baroness Luli von Hohenberg
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Baroness Luli von Hohenberg, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Photographic portrait of actress Lien Deyers, seated on a couch.
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Lien Deyers, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1934). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Photographic portrait of actress Greta Glogau.
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Greta Glogau, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Photographic portrait of film actress Susi Lanner.
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Susi Lanner, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Actor Helmuth Kionka, dressed in a black tuxedo with white bow tie, smiles at the camera.
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Helmuth Kionka, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1932). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Portrait of actress Kaethe von Nagy, seated with arms crossed in front of her and hands resting on her knee.
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Kaethe von Nagy, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1933). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Actress Lil Dagover stands with eyes closed and arms wrapped around herself.
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Lil Dagover, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1925). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Photographic portrait of film actress Hella Gerstl.
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Hella Gerstl, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1937). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Photographic portrait of actress Magda Schneider.
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Magda Schneider, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, 1932). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Photographic portrait of film actress Lilian Ellis, seated with her head turned away from the camera.
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Lilian Ellis, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.

Portrait of actress Jenny Gerhardt, head titled upwards and smoking a cigarette.
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Jenny Gerhardt, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, c1937). From the Taussig film stills collection.

The Taussig Film Stills Collection at the NFSA
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The NFSA's Taussig Collection includes thousands of classic European and American film stills and portraits from the beginning of cinema to the 1930s.

Photographic portrait of actress Nini Theilade.
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Nini Theilade, Studio Manasse portrait (Austria, Max Reinhardt, c1935). From the Taussig film stills collection.