In 1955, Jacobi moved to rural Deering, New
Hampshire with her son John and his wife Beatrice;
she continued photographing, exhibiting, and teach-
ing. In the later part of her life, she found time to
explore untapped interests in beekeeping, gardening,
and politics. The University of New Hampshire at
Durham awarded her an Honorary Degree in 1973,
and the University holds The Lotte Jacobi Archive
comprised of 47,000 negatives, several hundred study
and exhibition prints, three portfolios, as well as let-
ters, catalogues, documents, and other printed mate-
rial. She died in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1990.
MargaretDennySeealso:Heartfield, John; History of Photography:
Postwar Era; Photography in Germany and Austria;
Portraiture
Biography
Born in Thorn, West Prussia, Germany, August 17, 1896;
naturalized American citizen, 1941. Attended the Acad-
emy of Posen (1912–1916) where she studied art history
and literature, the Bavarian State Academy of Photogra-
phy in Munich for film and photography, and the Uni-
versity of Munich (1925–1927), where she studied art
history. Attended the University of New Hampshire,
Durham, 1961–1962; studied graphics, art history,
French, and literature; Atelier 17, Paris, etching and
engraving, 1962–1963. Married Fritz Honig in 1916,
divorced, 1924; son, John Frank Hunter. Married the
publisher Erich Reiss in 1940 (he died in 1951). Director
of Jacobi Studio of Photography, Berlin, from 1927–
1935; operated a portrait studio in New York City from
1935–1955, a gallery from 1952–1955; proprietor of
Jacobi Studio and Gallery, Deering, New Hampshire,
1963–1970. A founder of the Department of Photogra-
phy, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, 1970, (Honorary Curator of Photography, 1972–
1978). Awarded an Honorary Degree in 1973 at the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire at Durham. Recipient: Silver
Medal, Royal Photography Salon, Tokyo, 1931; First
Prize, British War Relief Photography Competition,
LifeMagazine, New York, 1941; First Prize, New Hamp-
shire Art Association, 1970; New Hampshire Governor’s
Award for the Arts, 1980; Erich Salomon Prize, West
Berlin, 1983. Died in Concord, NH, May 6, 1990.
Individual Exhibitions:
1937 Jacobi Studio, New York
1952 Ohio University College, Athens, Ohio
1953 University College of Education, New Paltz, New York
1959 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
(traveling retrospective)
1964 303 Gallery, New York (retrospective)
1965 Middlebury College Library, Middlebuty, Vermont
1966 Two Photographers, Gropper Galleries, Cambridge,
Massachusetts (with Marie Cosindas)
1972 Staatliche Landesbildstelle, Hamburg, Germany
1973 Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany and traveling
1974 Light Gallery, New York
1977 Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts
1978 University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
1979 Lotte Jacobi: Begegungen,Mu ̈nchner Stadtmusuem,
Munich, GermanySelected Group Exhibitions:
1930 Das Lichtbild, Munich, Germany and traveling
1937 Dance Photographs, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New
York
1948 In and Out of Focus, Museum of Modern Art, New
York
1955 Subjektive Fotografie 2, State School of Arts, Saar-
brucken, Germany
1958 Subjektive Fotografie 3, State School of Arts, Saar-
brucken, Germany
1960 Sense of Abstraction, Museum of Modern Art, New
York
1975 Women of Photography, San Francisco Museum of
Art, San Francisco, California and traveling
1979 Recollections: 10 Women of Photography, Interna-
tional Center of Photography, San Francisco, Califor-
nia, NewYork and traveling
1980 Avante-Garde Photography in Germany 1919-39, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Cali-
fornia and traveling
1979 Fotogramme—die lichtreichen Schatten, Fotomuseum
im Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany and traveling
1987 Photography and Art 1946-86, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CaliforniaSelected Works
FromLotte Jacobi, edited by Kelly Wise, Danbury New
Hampshire: Addison House, 1978Portraits
Kurt Weill, Composer, Berlin, 1928
Franz Lederer, Actor, Berlin, ca. 1929
Marinetti, Italian Poet, Berlin, 1929
Georg Grosz, Artist, Berlin, ca. 1929
Ka ̈the Kollwitz, Painter, Sculptor, Berlin, ca. 1930
Peter Lorre, Actor, Berlin, ca. 1932
Thomas Mann, Writer, NJ ca., 1936
Albert Einstein(sailing), Huntington, Long Island, 1937
Albert Einstein, Physicist, Princeton, NJ, 1938
Alfred Stieglitz, Photographer, New York, 1938
Marc Chagall, Artist, New York, 1942
Berenice Abbott, Photographer,New York, c. 1943
Nancy Newhall, Curator, New York, 1943
Eleanor Roosevelt, New York, 1944
William E. DuBois, Historian, Writer, and wife,Shirley
Graham, Writer, New York, ca. 1950
Lorenz Hart, Lyrics Writer, New York, ca. 1950
Paul Robson, Actor, Singer, New York, ca. 1952
Robert Frost, Poet, Ripton, VT, 1959
Minor White, Photographer, Teacher, Deering, NH, ca. 1962
Pablo Casals, Cellist, Marlboro, VT, 1967JACOBI, LOTTE