About this artwork
Mödling, to the South of Vienna, was a popular weekend resort with good bathing facilities and easy access to nature. With a working-class population suffering high levels of disease, and in particular tuberculosis, municipal bathing was a political priority for Viennese authorities. By 1927 public swimming pools in Vienna received nine million visits. It was still rare, however, for municipal housing to be built with private bathrooms. The comparative novelty of photography as a mass leisure pursuit was also something Tudor-Hart felt it important to document. Shown here by the family posing for a group photograph.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edith Tudor-Hart (1908 - 1973) Austrian
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title:Lido, Mödling, near Vienna
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date created:Photographed about 1932
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printed by:Owen Logan (born 1963) Scottish
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:30.20 x 30.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Printed 2004 from original negatives held in the Edith Tudor Hart Archive
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accession number:PGP 279.21B
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gallery:
Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart, née Suschitzky, was one of the most significant documentary photographers working in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Vienna, she grew up in radical Jewish circles. Edith married Alex Tudor-Hart, a British doctor, and the pair moved to England. There she worked as a...