TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)
TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990)
The dancer Ronny Johansson, Vienna 1924
Image Size: 19,9 x 8,5 cm
Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße 3", her copyright stamp and her re-order stamp with handwritten negative no. "281" in ink, and handwritten title in pencil on the reverse.
Ronny Irene Johansson was born 1891 in Latvia, to Swedish and Scottish parents. Her father, a businessman in the shipping industry, sent Ronny to a Russian and Swedish boarding schools. It was in Sweden that she established a professional dancing career, debuting in Weisbaden in 1916. After touring and performing throughout Europe, she moved to the USA in 1925 to pursue Modern dance.
