Collection of Photographs by Lou Landauer – Views of Palestine – 1940s

Collection of Photographs by Lou Landauer – Views of Palestine – 1940s
Ten photographs by the photographer Lou Landauer. Palestine [ca. 1940s].
Photographs of various settlements in Palestine and their inhabitants. Among them: photographs of Jerusalem, Nazareth, Nablus, Jenin, El-Hama Bridge, camels crossing a spring, an Arab boy, and more.
All the photographs are mounted on thick paper, and signed in pencil on the paper. All paper sheets are stamped on verso: "Photo: Lou Landauer Jerusalem".
Lou Landauer, born in Germany, immigrated to Palestine in 1933. She photographed many architectural structures, mainly in Kibutzim, for Keren HaYessod and for the settlement department of the organization of German immigrants in Palestine, headed by her husband Dr. Georg Landauer. At the same time, she worked independently and photographed portraits and photograms. In 1941 Landauer started to teach photography in "New Bezalel" (she attempted to establish a photography department in Bezalel, separate from the commercial graphics department, but this attempt failed and she taught in the commercial graphics department). Landauer left Israel in 1955; passed away in Switzerland in 1996. Many of her negatives were lost (apparently, Landauer discarded the archive of glass negatives towards her departure from Israel).
Photographs: approx. 13X20 cm. to 17.5X23.5 cm. Mounted on paper, approx. 35X25 cm. The photographs are in good condition, some stains. Some are partially detached from the paper. The paper sheets are stained, with slight creases and tears at margins.
Literature: "Women Photographers in the Private arena, Women Photographers in the Public arena", by Rona Sela. In: "Women Artists in Israel 1920-1970", edited by Ruth Markus. Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 2008, pp. 117-118. Hebrew.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.