Lehmann Photos

There are many photographs of Lotte Lehmann that help in the understanding of her career. You can also find photos of Lehmann’s art work.

National Portrait Gallery

Lotte Lehmann’ portrait was taken in 1947 by George Platt Lynes (15 April 1907–6 December 1955). The technical information: Medium: Gelatin silver print; Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 23.4cm x 18.8cm (9 3/16 x 7 3/8); Place: Santa Barbara; Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Donald Windham; Object number: S/NPG.94.267.

Lehmann surrounded by memorabilia: over her shoulder Schattenstein’s portrait of LL as the Marschallin (now at the Metropolitan Opera); a photo of Richard Strauss, and next to that a photo of Arturo Toscanini.
Click On An Image In The Photo Grid To Open The Gallery

Specific areas of Lehmann’s life

Lehmann’s Art: UCSB Photos

Lehmann’s Art: PDFs With Photos

Lotte Lehmann & Her Legacy

Here are PDF chapter excerpts from my iBook series Lotte Lehmann & Her Legacy with photos that show her range of artworks, and include photos from throughout her life.

From the London printing of LL’s autobiography Wings of Song 1938

LL (left) as a Lohengrin Page
The two photos above are from the American printing of LL’s autobiography Midway in My Song 1938.
A hitherto unknown photo of Lehmann singing with Toscanini on the 1934 radio debut of both artists.
1948
The most youthful portrait we have of Lehmann
Lehmann (left) as Santa
Lehmann reading for a recording
Das Wunder der Heliane with Jan Kiepura 1927
Costumed for the Dyer’s Wife
Live Fidelio
Costumed for Der Rosenkavalier
Costumed for Arabella
Newspaper clipping as the Marschallin
This Lehmann photo as the Marschallin hangs in the Bad Gastein hotel where she regularly stayed.
With Christa Ludwig in Salzburg
With Bruno Walter at the re-opening of the Vienna Opera
With the star of the radio program “Duffy’s Tavern”

Saba-Gold Cards

With a fad similar to collecting stamps, in the early 20th century a cigarette company offered “tobacco cards” of various subjects, whether planes, famous people, or stage stars. They included opera stars such as Lotte Lehmann, with their autographs. Actually they offered two cards of Lehmann, the first one as Eva (from Die Meistersinger) and the second one as Sieglinde (from Die Walküre). The photos were colorized and the original photographer was credited.

Black and white was the most common form of photos, but it added allure to any photo, whether a collector cigarette card or not, to be colorized. Here are some of the other Lehmann photos in their colorized versions.

As the Marschallin
As Tosca

Artist’s Charcoal & Pastel

Susan Byrne of The Byrne Gallery in Middleburg, Virginia wrote that she has a client who has a charcoal and pastel sketch for the 1952 oil portrait of Lehmann by Lithuanian portraitist, Niko Schattenstein. The final oil portrait hangs in the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She has kindly permitted us to see this excellent portrait.

Here’s the final oil version as used by Dr. Glass for the cover of his Lehmann biography.

Drawings and…

 A European collector is offering the following: a lovely book done by hand. It takes excerpts from Lehmann’s My Many Lives in German translation. It is typed. But what is most lovely about it are the original paintings/drawings which the author, Arthur Stadler, has done of Lehmann in her different roles. The book also contains original photographs with Bruno Walter and Dusolina Giannini, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings. Take a look- https://photos.app.goo.gl/xhcyynG4UX7Um3ni9