18 x 13 cm Tošo Dabac (Nova Rača, 18. svibnja 1907. - Zagreb, 9. svibnja 1970.), hrvatski fotograf priznat u svijetu, jedan je od osnivača i glavnih predstavnika t.zv. Zagrebačke škole umjetničke fotografije. Rođen je u Novoj Rači kraj Bjelovara. Krsno ime mu je Teodor Eugen Maria Dabac. Osnovnu školu završio u Novoj Rači. S obitelji preselio se u Samobor. Pohađao je Kraljevsku klasičnu gimnaziju u Zagrebu koju je završio 1925. godine. Upisao je studij prava u Zagrebu, ali ga nije završio. Radio je za `Fanamet film` i MGM ured u Zagrebu kao prevoditelj i osoba zadužena za odnose s javnošću. Uređivao je časopis `Metro-Megafon`. Prvi dodir s fotografijom 1924. imao je kod školskog kolege Ivice Sudnika iz Samobora. Prva njegova sačuvana fotografija je panorama Samobora potpisana i datirana 7. ožujka 1925. Prvi put je izlagao fotografije na izložbi amatera u Ivancu 1932. Jedan je od osnivača i glavnih predstavnika tzv. Zagrebačke škole umjetničke fotografije. Fotografija Toše Dabca: Vojin Bakić radi na skulpturi Bika Nositelj je socijalnog smjera u fotografiji. Snima život ulice, prosjake, ljude iz naroda, sajmišta, procesije i putujuće cirkusante (ciklusi Bijeda i Život ulice, 1932.- 1935.) Slijede ciklusi portreta, folklora, životinja, arhitekture, krajolika i kulturnih spomenika na kojima radi do kraja života. Još od tridesetih godina 20. stoljeća, sudjelovao je na niz izložbi u zemlji i inozemstvu (Prag, Philadelphia, Luzern, Antwerpen, Beč, Ljubljana, Frankfurt, München, New York) u društvu tada najznamenitijih svjetskih fotografa. Jedna od najznačajnijih nagrada je iz 1938. za najbolju fotografiju u mjesecu (Camera Craff). Imao je veliku čast biti član `Photographic Society of America`. Godine 1951., Foto savez Jugoslavije dodijelio mu je titulu majstora fotografije. Ukupno je uslikao oko 200 000 fotografija, najviše u gradu Zagrebu. Imao je atelje u Ilici 17, u kojem je radio tridesetak godina. Oženio se opernom pjevačicom Julijom Grill 1937. Sudjelovao je u Drugom svjetskom ratu na strani partizana od 1943. Umro je u autobusu za Gornji grad 9. svibnja 1970. Privatna zbirka s njegovim radovima (Arhiv Tošo Dabac) otvorena je u Zagrebu 1980. U povodu stogodišnjice njegovog rođenja, Arhiv Tošo Dabac i Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb predstavali su program `Stogodišnjica rođenja Toše Dabca, koji se obiljezavao od travnja 2007.

18 x 13 cm Tošo Dabac (Nova Rača, 18. svibnja 1907. - Zagreb, 9. svibnja 1970.), hrvatski fotograf priznat u svijetu, jedan je od osnivača i glavnih predstavnika t.zv. Zagrebačke škole umjetničke fotografije. Rođen je u Novoj Rači kraj Bjelovara. Krsno ime mu je Teodor Eugen Maria Dabac. Osnovnu školu završio u Novoj Rači. S obitelji preselio se u Samobor. Pohađao je Kraljevsku klasičnu gimnaziju u Zagrebu koju je završio 1925. godine. Upisao je studij prava u Zagrebu, ali ga nije završio. Radio je za `Fanamet film` i MGM ured u Zagrebu kao prevoditelj i osoba zadužena za odnose s javnošću. Uređivao je časopis `Metro-Megafon`. Prvi dodir s fotografijom 1924. imao je kod školskog kolege Ivice Sudnika iz Samobora. Prva njegova sačuvana fotografija je panorama Samobora potpisana i datirana 7. ožujka 1925. Prvi put je izlagao fotografije na izložbi amatera u Ivancu 1932. Jedan je od osnivača i glavnih predstavnika tzv. Zagrebačke škole umjetničke fotografije. Fotografija Toše Dabca: Vojin Bakić radi na skulpturi Bika Nositelj je socijalnog smjera u fotografiji. Snima život ulice, prosjake, ljude iz naroda, sajmišta, procesije i putujuće cirkusante (ciklusi Bijeda i Život ulice, 1932.- 1935.) Slijede ciklusi portreta, folklora, životinja, arhitekture, krajolika i kulturnih spomenika na kojima radi do kraja života. Još od tridesetih godina 20. stoljeća, sudjelovao je na niz izložbi u zemlji i inozemstvu (Prag, Philadelphia, Luzern, Antwerpen, Beč, Ljubljana, Frankfurt, München, New York) u društvu tada najznamenitijih svjetskih fotografa. Jedna od najznačajnijih nagrada je iz 1938. za najbolju fotografiju u mjesecu (Camera Craff). Imao je veliku čast biti član `Photographic Society of America`. Godine 1951., Foto savez Jugoslavije dodijelio mu je titulu majstora fotografije. Ukupno je uslikao oko 200 000 fotografija, najviše u gradu Zagrebu. Imao je atelje u Ilici 17, u kojem je radio tridesetak godina. Oženio se opernom pjevačicom Julijom Grill 1937. Sudjelovao je u Drugom svjetskom ratu na strani partizana od 1943. Umro je u autobusu za Gornji grad 9. svibnja 1970. Privatna zbirka s njegovim radovima (Arhiv Tošo Dabac) otvorena je u Zagrebu 1980. U povodu stogodišnjice njegovog rođenja, Arhiv Tošo Dabac i Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb predstavali su program `Stogodišnjica rođenja Toše Dabca, koji se obiljezavao od travnja 2007.

18 x 13 cm Tošo Dabac (Nova Rača, 18. svibnja 1907. - Zagreb, 9. svibnja 1970.), hrvatski fotograf priznat u svijetu, jedan je od osnivača i glavnih predstavnika t.zv. Zagrebačke škole umjetničke fotografije. Rođen je u Novoj Rači kraj Bjelovara. Krsno ime mu je Teodor Eugen Maria Dabac. Osnovnu školu završio u Novoj Rači. S obitelji preselio se u Samobor. Pohađao je Kraljevsku klasičnu gimnaziju u Zagrebu koju je završio 1925. godine. Upisao je studij prava u Zagrebu, ali ga nije završio. Radio je za `Fanamet film` i MGM ured u Zagrebu kao prevoditelj i osoba zadužena za odnose s javnošću. Uređivao je časopis `Metro-Megafon`. Prvi dodir s fotografijom 1924. imao je kod školskog kolege Ivice Sudnika iz Samobora. Prva njegova sačuvana fotografija je panorama Samobora potpisana i datirana 7. ožujka 1925. Prvi put je izlagao fotografije na izložbi amatera u Ivancu 1932. Jedan je od osnivača i glavnih predstavnika tzv. Zagrebačke škole umjetničke fotografije. Fotografija Toše Dabca: Vojin Bakić radi na skulpturi Bika Nositelj je socijalnog smjera u fotografiji. Snima život ulice, prosjake, ljude iz naroda, sajmišta, procesije i putujuće cirkusante (ciklusi Bijeda i Život ulice, 1932.- 1935.) Slijede ciklusi portreta, folklora, životinja, arhitekture, krajolika i kulturnih spomenika na kojima radi do kraja života. Još od tridesetih godina 20. stoljeća, sudjelovao je na niz izložbi u zemlji i inozemstvu (Prag, Philadelphia, Luzern, Antwerpen, Beč, Ljubljana, Frankfurt, München, New York) u društvu tada najznamenitijih svjetskih fotografa. Jedna od najznačajnijih nagrada je iz 1938. za najbolju fotografiju u mjesecu (Camera Craff). Imao je veliku čast biti član `Photographic Society of America`. Godine 1951., Foto savez Jugoslavije dodijelio mu je titulu majstora fotografije. Ukupno je uslikao oko 200 000 fotografija, najviše u gradu Zagrebu. Imao je atelje u Ilici 17, u kojem je radio tridesetak godina. Oženio se opernom pjevačicom Julijom Grill 1937. Sudjelovao je u Drugom svjetskom ratu na strani partizana od 1943. Umro je u autobusu za Gornji grad 9. svibnja 1970. Privatna zbirka s njegovim radovima (Arhiv Tošo Dabac) otvorena je u Zagrebu 1980. U povodu stogodišnjice njegovog rođenja, Arhiv Tošo Dabac i Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb predstavali su program `Stogodišnjica rođenja Toše Dabca, koji se obiljezavao od travnja 2007.

Erih Deker - Crtez iz 1963 godine Dimenzije sa ramom 29cm X 24cm Erih Deker(1920-2001) Akademski slikar, zavrsio Akademiju primenjenih umetnosti u Lajpcigu, odsek grafike i scenografije 1939. g.. Erih Deker je 1940. godine bio mobilisan u Vermaht i raspoređen u artiljerijski puk, gdje je crtao topografske karte i zidne novine. U Sarajevu je prekomando-van 1943. godine, i tu je proveo najveći dio svoje vojne službe u Jugoslaviji. Zarobljen je sredinom maja 1945. godine nedaleko od Celja, a zatim je sa ostalim zarobljenicima pešice izvedenim do Našica, gdje su bili smjesteni na imanju grofova Pejačevića. U tom improviziranom logoru nije bilo žičane ograde niti stražarskih kula, a Deker je „svo slobodno vrijeme provodio ispunjavajući blok crtežima u tušu.“ U Narodnoj biblioteci Srbije u Beogradu čuva se blok sa četrnaest crteža crnim tušem na akvarel-papiru. Posle Drugog svetskog rata, ostao da zivi i radi u Beogradu. Pored slikanja i crtanja radio i kao scrnograf u Narodnom pozoristu u Beogradu.

predratna ORIGINALNA fotografija GLADYS SWARTHOUT iz 1937. glamur glamour film movie veliki format dim. 26 x 20 cm Gladys Swarthout (b. December 25, 1900, Deepwater, Missouri – d. July 7, 1969, Florence, Italy) was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer and entertainer. While studying at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago, a group of friends arranged an audition for her with the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Much to her surprise, she ended up with a contract, though at the time she didn`t know a single operatic role. By her debut a few months later, she had memorized 23 parts and participated in over half of the season`s operas. She sang for the Ravinia Opera Company of Chicago for three seasons. In 1929, she made her debut with the New York Metropolitan Opera Company, where she was a participant for several decades. Swarthout`s role as Carmen was well respected. She regularly worked eight hours a day with vocal coaches, and would spend an hour or more singing duets with her husband, Frank Chapman, also an opera singer. She also advocated inflating balloons and blowing bubbles to strengthen the chest. She also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel entitled Come Soon, Tomorrow: The Story of a Young Singer first published in 1943 that went through at least seven printings. She starred in five films for Paramount Pictures, including Rose of the Rancho, Romance in the Dark, Give Us This Night and Ambush. For the movie Champagne Waltz with Fred MacMurray, she sang her songs in five languages, including French, German, Italian, and Spanish for the foreign versions of the films. Swarthout also performed on a number of opera shows on television. In one of her final public singing performances, she did a concert in January 1951 at the Met. She continued to make public appearances, including an appearance on What`s My Line? in 1951. The Railroad Hour presented Martha on February 22, 1954. She was often heard on radio programs, including those of General Motors, RCA-Magic Key, Camel Caravan, the Ford Symphony and the Prudential Family Hour. In a 1942 article, Time Magazine reported that she had earned $1,250,000 in her lifetime. One of her signature songs on the radio was Bless this House featured in advertising and commonly found framed in many homes throughout America. Shortly after World War II Swarthout recorded `Just Awearyin` for You` (w. 1894 by Frank Lebby Stanton, m. 1901 by Carrie Jacobs-Bond). Swarthout first married Harry Kern of Chicago, an older man who was general credit manager for the Hart-Schaffner Marx Company, but she still retained her maiden name for her singing appearances. Kern died in 1931. She later married Frank M. Chapman, Jr. (1931); the two had first met in an opera house in Naples two years earlier. In addition to their common interest in singing, they enjoyed collecting French furniture, many examples of which can be seen in their photographs together. She once said, `Our marriage started as a romantic adventure. We intend to keep it that way.` She collected silver and they had several dogs. It was also Chapman`s second marriage. In 1956, Swarthout was diagnosed with a mitral heart valve problem. She eventually decided to undergo open heart surgery; she was on the operating table for six hours. Later, she began a campaign to ensure that parents knew the dangers of unsuspected rheumatic fever. In 1958, Dr. Paul Dudley White presented her with the American Heart Association`s very first `Heart-of-the-Year` Award, to be given annually to a distinguished American whose faith and courage in meeting the personal challenge of heart disease have inspired new hope for hearts. She wrote about her decision in When the Song Left My Heart, an article in the October 1958 Everywoman`s Family Circle. As she went into retirement, she and Frank bought a villa in Italy, La Ragnaia, near Florence, where they lived together until Chapman`s death in 1966.

film glumac glumica united artist dim. 25,5 x 20,5 cm Joan Crawford (San Antonio, 23. ožujka 1904. ili 1905. - New York, 10. svibnja 1977.), američka filmska glumica. Otac je napustio porodicu pre njenog rođenja, a nakon što ju je rodila njena majka Anna LeSueur preselila se u Oklahomu i udala za lokalnog impresarija Henrya Cassina koji se brinuo o Lucille i njenom starijem bratu Hallu. Luccile uzima ime Billie Cassin i počinje raditi kao plesačica. Cela se porodica potom seli u Kansas City, a Lucille plesom izdržava celu porodicu i odlazi u privatnu školu glume. Nakon što je osvojila 46 $ na takmičenju u plesu, seli se u Chicago i zapošljava u pozoristu gde je uočava agent MGM-a. Seli se u Hollywood, a u MGM-u joj nalaze novo ime Joan Crawford, koje navodno nikada nije volela. Uskoro postaje najveća zvezda kompanije, a ubrzo i najbolje plaćena. Godine 1945. dobija Oscara za glavnu žensku ulogu u filmu `Mildred Pierce`.

glumica glumac portret film paramount dim. 25,5 x 20 cm Ann Harding (August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. Born Dorothy Walton Gatley at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, to George G. Gatley and Elizabeth `Bessie` Crabb. The daughter of a career army officer, she traveled often during her early life. Her father was born in Maine and served in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. He died in San Francisco, California in 1931. She grew up in East Orange, New Jersey and graduated from East Orange High School. Harding attended Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA, on the Pennsylvania Main Line outside Philadelphia. Following school, she found employment as a script reader. She began acting and made her Broadway debut in 1921. She soon became a leading lady, who kept in shape by using the services of Sylvia of Hollywood. She was a prominent actress in Pittsburgh theatre for a time, performing with the Sharp Company and later starting the Nixon Players with Harry Bannister. In 1929, she made her film debut in Paris Bound, opposite Fredric March. In 1931, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Holiday. First under contract to Pathé, which was subsequently absorbed by RKO studio, Harding (who was promoted as the studio`s `answer` to MGM`s superstar Norma Shearer), co-starred with Ronald Colman, Myrna Loy, Herbert Marshall, Leslie Howard, Richard Dix, and Gary Cooper, often on loan out to other studios, such as MGM and Paramount. At RKO, Harding, along with Helen Twelvetrees and Constance Bennett, comprised a trio who specialized in the `women`s pictures` genre. Her performances were often heralded by the critics, who cited her diction and stage experience as assets to the then-new medium of `talking pictures`. Harding`s second film was Her Private Affair, in which she portrayed a wife of questionable morality. The film was an enormous commercial success. During this period, she was generally considered to be one of cinema`s most beautiful women, with her long waist-length blonde hair as one of her most noted physical attributes. Her films during her peak include The Animal Kingdom, Peter Ibbetson, When Ladies Meet, The Flame Within, and Biography of a Bachelor Girl. Harding, however, eventually became stereotyped as the innocent, self-sacrificing young woman. Following lukewarm responses by both her critics and the public to several of her later 1930s films, she eventually quit making movies when she married the conductor Werner Janssen in 1937. However, she returned in 1942 to make Eyes in the Night and to take secondary roles in other movies. In 1956, she again starred with Fredric March, this time in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. The 1960s marked her return to Broadway after an absence of decades — she had last appeared there in 1927. In 1962, she starred in General Seeger, directed by and co-starring George C. Scott, and in 1964 she appeared in Abraham Cochrane. Both productions had brief runs, with the former play lasting a mere three performances (including previews). Harding made her last acting appearance in 1965 in an episode of Ben Casey before retiring from acting. Harding married actor Harry Bannister in 1926. They had one child together before divorcing in 1932. Their daughter Jane was born in 1928 and died in December 2005. In 1937, Harding married Werner Janssen, the famous conductor. Janssen and Harding enjoyed life in a number of cities, before settling down in California to work more closely with Hollywood. The couple divorced in 1962. Her death certificate states that she had an adoptive daughter Grace Kaye Harding. On September 1, 1981, Harding died at the age of 79 in Sherman Oaks, California. After cremation, her urn was placed in the Court of Remembrance wall at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. For her contributions to the motion picture and television industries, Harding has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 (motion picture) and 6840 Hollywood Boulevard (television).