Image series 03 / 2025: Willy Maywald
Artists' Studios
12 January 2025
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By: Bettina Pfleging
In Paris from the 1930s to the 1950s, the German-French photographer Willy Maywald was one of the most important photographers. He became famous above all for his fashion photography. He was also known for his portraits of artists from the 1940s to the 1980s, in which he captured not only their physical appearance but also their personality. The studio was a central motif for him.
Visitors can get to know the artists portrayed in a very individual way in the exhibition, which offers an insight into the world of Willy Maywald’s thoughts.
“Willy Maywald. The artists at home – Les artistes chez eux”
1 August 2024 – 2 February 2025, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
Willy Maywald. Porträt Pablo Picasso, Ausschnitt, um 1947; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Willy Maywald. Das Atelier von Henri Matisse in Vence, Ausschnitt, 1947; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut
Willy Maywald. Georges Braque in seinem Haus in der Nähe des Parc Montsouris, Ausschnitt, 1948; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Willy Maywald. Atelier: Otto Freundlich, Ausschnitt, 1948, 33 × 30,5 cm, New York; ArteMIS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Kunsthistorisches Institut
Willy Maywald. Joseph Beuys mit dem Kreuz für das “Büdericher Ehrenmal”, Ausschnitt, 1958; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Willy Maywald. Tzara in seinem Büro in Lille, Ausschnitt, Ende 1950er Jahre, Paris; Diathek online, Universität Trier, Fach Kunstgeschichte
Willy Maywald. Maria Elena Vieira da Silva, Ausschnitt, 1962, Kleve; User uploads, prometheus – Das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre
Willy Maywald. Porträtfoto Willy Maywald, Ausschnitt, 1984, Maisons-Laffitte; Diathek online, Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
