Lisa Fonssagrives

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Lisa Fonssagrives was a pioneering Swedish fashion model widely regarded as the first supermodel, celebrated for her work with top photographers and major magazines in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf Swedish person
fashion model
person
supermodel
activeInPeriod 1930s
1940s
1950s
alsoKnownAs Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn
birthName Lisa Birgitta Bernstone
burialPlace New York, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Tom Penn
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1911-05-17
dateOfDeath 1992-02-04
describedAs first supermodel
ethnicity Swedish
fullName Lisa Birgitta Bernstone
gender female
genre fashion photography
knownFor collaborations with leading fashion photographers
elegant, sculptural poses
laterLivedIn New York City, New York, United States
Paris, France
linked to: Paris
modeledFor Balenciaga
Christian Dior
Elsa Schiaparelli
nationality Swedish
occupation dancer
fashion model
sculptor
placeOfBirth Gothenburg, Sweden
linked to: Gothenburg
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
retiredFrom professional modeling
retirementActivity sculpture
spouse Fernand Fonssagrives
Irving Penn
studiedAt school of dance in Berlin
trainedAs dancer
workedFor Harper's Bazaar
linked to: Harper’s Bazaar

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workedWith Erwin Blumenfeld
George Hoyningen-Huene
Horst P. Horst
Irving Penn
Richard Avedon

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Irving Penn spouse Lisa Fonssagrives