Comments on: Atelier Elvira http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/ • • • Being a journal by artist and designer John Coulthart, cataloguing interests, obsessions and passing enthusiasms. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jane F http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/comment-page-1/#comment-113241 Jane F Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:31:50 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/#comment-113241 Lou Andreas-Salome was photographed at the Atelier Elvira in MUNICH by Sophia Goudstikker (known as 'Puck') in the spring of 1896. The varied poses of Andreas-Salome, then in her 30s, with a huge fur collar were Goudstikker's work. Lora Wildenthal describes the studio as a center of "gay and lesbian social life and intellectual and artistic life in Munich" at the turn of the century. See Lora Wildenthal, German Women for Empire, 1884-1945, Duke University Press, 2001, p.66. Lou Andreas-Salome was photographed at the Atelier Elvira
in MUNICH by Sophia Goudstikker (known as ‘Puck’) in the spring of 1896. The varied poses of Andreas-Salome, then in her 30s,
with a huge fur collar were Goudstikker’s work. Lora Wildenthal describes the studio as a center of “gay and lesbian social life
and intellectual and artistic life in Munich” at the turn of the century. See Lora Wildenthal, German Women for Empire, 1884-1945, Duke University Press, 2001, p.66.

]]> By: Wiley http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/comment-page-1/#comment-49415 Wiley Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:43:45 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/#comment-49415 Apparently attractive and mundane are synonyms to ones average John and Jane Doe. The building and its decor really do bare resemblance to something straight out of an anime. Apparently attractive and mundane are synonyms to ones average John and Jane Doe. The building and its decor really do bare resemblance to something straight out of an anime.

]]> By: Nathalie http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/comment-page-1/#comment-49338 Nathalie Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:11:54 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/#comment-49338 I had seen photos of the facade but never of the inside and this staircase is incredible. I can see that the buidling must have been thought as decadent... Shame though, war damage would have been bad enough (a lot of the lovely Ecole de Nancy buildings in Nancy have disappeared in bombings and we are left with only pictures or ina few cases the achitectural drawings). I had seen photos of the facade but never of the inside and this staircase is incredible. I can see that the buidling must have been thought as decadent… Shame though, war damage would have been bad enough (a lot of the lovely Ecole de Nancy buildings in Nancy have disappeared in bombings and we are left with only pictures or ina few cases the achitectural drawings).

]]> By: Thombeau http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/comment-page-1/#comment-49337 Thombeau Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:10:56 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/#comment-49337 That article was quite interesting, but you never know when it comes to fact checking. The two places could have been related in some way. or the one in Munich could be the one mentioned. At any rate, what an interesting character! The same could be said about you, John! That article was quite interesting, but you never know when it comes to fact checking. The two places could have been related in some way. or the one in Munich could be the one mentioned. At any rate, what an interesting character!

The same could be said about you, John!

]]> By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/comment-page-1/#comment-49335 John Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:47:25 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/#comment-49335 Yes indeed. I wish there were more photos, there's all sorts of curious detail inside. I found an odd fact that was difficult to confirm so I left it out of the post, namely that one Lou Andreas-Salomé, a Russian-German novelist, is mentioned on <a href="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salome.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this page</a> as visiting the Hof Atelier Elvira in Vienna, described as "a gathering place for gay men and lesbians". Now the place which concerns us here was in Munich, not Vienna, but was also known as the Hof Atelier Elvira. Furthermore, the German Wikipedia page about the Munich building mentions Lou Andreas-Salomé. Maybe it's the same place? If anyone reading this has more info then please leave a comment. Yes indeed. I wish there were more photos, there’s all sorts of curious detail inside.

I found an odd fact that was difficult to confirm so I left it out of the post, namely that one Lou Andreas-Salomé, a Russian-German novelist, is mentioned on this page as visiting the Hof Atelier Elvira in Vienna, described as “a gathering place for gay men and lesbians”. Now the place which concerns us here was in Munich, not Vienna, but was also known as the Hof Atelier Elvira. Furthermore, the German Wikipedia page about the Munich building mentions Lou Andreas-Salomé. Maybe it’s the same place? If anyone reading this has more info then please leave a comment.

]]> By: Thombeau http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/comment-page-1/#comment-49334 Thombeau Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:07:43 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/05/atelier-elvira/#comment-49334 Wow. What a fabulous club that would be! Wow. What a fabulous club that would be!

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