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Margaret Michaelis
1902–1985

Margaret Michaelis (b. Austria 1902; a. Australia 1939; d. 1985) was born in Dzieditz, Austria (now Poland), and studied at the Graphik Institut in Vienna before working at two prominent studios, which both specialised in portraiture. She moved to Berlin in 1929 and then Spain, where she undertook documentary and architectural photography. She escaped Spain in 1938 and arrived in Australia in 1939, where she spent the rest of her life. In 1940, Michaelis opened Photo-Studio in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, which over time became a significant studio in post-war Sydney. In 1952, she closed her studio and moved to Melbourne, where she married Albert Sachs and essentially stopped taking photographs.

(2015)

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LEGACY. Your collection. Our story.

Margaret Michaelis

Margaret Chapple, Bodenwieser Ballet

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Margaret Michaelis1902–1985

Margaret Michaelis
1902–1985