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 NERFINISHED
birthName Lisa Birgitta Bernstone NERFINISHED
burialPlace New York, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Tom Penn NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1911-05-17
dateOfDeath 1992-02-04
describedAs first supermodel
ethnicity Swedish
fullName Lisa Birgitta Bernstone NERFINISHED
gender female
genre fashion photography
knownFor collaborations with leading fashion photographers
elegant, sculptural poses
laterLivedIn New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED
Paris, France NERFINISHED
modeledFor Balenciaga NERFINISHED
Christian Dior NERFINISHED
Elsa Schiaparelli NERFINISHED
nationality Swedish
occupation dancer
fashion model
sculptor
placeOfBirth Gothenburg, Sweden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
retiredFrom professional modeling
retirementActivity sculpture
spouse Fernand Fonssagrives NERFINISHED
Irving Penn NERFINISHED
studiedAt school of dance in Berlin
trainedAs dancer
workedFor Harper's Bazaar NERFINISHED
Vogue NERFINISHED
workedWith Erwin Blumenfeld NERFINISHED
George Hoyningen-Huene NERFINISHED
Horst P. Horst NERFINISHED
Irving Penn NERFINISHED
Richard Avedon NERFINISHED

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Irving Penn spouse Lisa Fonssagrives