German-born Liselotte Grschebina was an avant-garde photographer in Karlsruhe whose work was exemplary of the energizing spirit of cultural innovation during the time of the Weimar Republic. In 1934 Grschebina immigrated to Palestine and opened a studio in Tel Aviv, where she established a reputation for this new genre of photography.

Grschebina’s talent developed without major recognition until after her death, when a body of work was discovered in a hidden storage niche in her son's apartment. In 2000, he gave the entire archive – including some 1,400 photographs – to the Israel Museum. Curated by Judith Caplan, Associate Curator of Photography, the exhibition showcases Grschebina’s distinctive oeuvre and illuminates the phenomenon of emigre avant-garde artists who arrived in Palestine following the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany.

The exhibition will be on view from September 22 to December 9, 2008. -- www.imjnet.org.il

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