Photo by Atelier Eberth

In her Berlin studio, German photographer Anny Eberth portrayed aristocratic ladies and elegant fashion models, but also film actors and expressionist dancers, including the notorious Anita Berber. During the 1910s and 1920s, her photos were published in such Berlin magazines as Die Dame and Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, and were used for many sepia film star postcards. For this post on Atelier Eberth, we selected 25 postcards with her finest portraits.


Pola Negri. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 302. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.


Pola Negri. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 304. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.


Else Berna. German postcard by Verlag. Herm. Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 3044. Photo: Atelier Anni Eberth.


Erika Glässner. German postcard by Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm, no. 5540. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.


Lotte Neumann. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 5694. Photo: Eberth, Berlin.


Hilde Wörner. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin, no. 6253. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Berliner Range/The Berlin Urchin (Max Mack, 1913).


Rose Liechtenstein. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2351. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.


Anita Berber. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2406. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.


German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2765. Photo: Atelier Eberth / Union. Pola Negri as Carmen in the German silent drama Carmen (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918).


Hilde Wörner. German postcard by Photochemie, no. K. 3341. Photo: Eberth, Berlin.

New pieces for our Anny Eberth puzzle

Very little information about Anny Eberth and her work can be found online. That is why Ivo Blom contacted the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin.

Ms. Dr. Britta Bommert of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was so kind to respond and she wrote Ivo that she found the following information about Anny Eberth in the database of her organisation.

Eberth was active as a photographer since 1901. Later, she worked in Madame d'Ora's studio in Vienna. This was one of the most important Austrian photo salons of the first decades of the 20th century. The studio was founded in 1907 by Dora Kallmus with the support of Arthur Benda.

Between 1916 and at least 1926, Anny Eberth lived in Berlin. Her address was Lennéstraße 5, Berlin W9.

She specialised in fashion photography. Her fashion photos were published in many magazines and other publications. Examples are 'Die Dame', no. 5, Mid-December 1916, and in 'Die Deutsche Elite', 1926, p. 202.

For her work, Anny Eberth received medals at international exhibitions in Dresden, Ghent, Brussels, Rome, and Berlin.


Martha Novelly. German postcard in the Film-Sterne series by Rotophot, no. 163/1. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin / Astra Film.


Fritzi Massary. German postcard by NPG, no. 795. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Rose von Stambul/The Rose of Stamboul (Felix Basch, Arthur Wellin, 1919).


Hanne Brinkmann. German postcard by NPG, no. 807. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.


Bruno Decarli. German postcard by NPG, no. 862. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.


Maria Widal. German postcard by NPG, no. 889. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.


Arnold Rieck. German postcard by NPG, no. 895. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.


Arnold Rieck. German postcard by NPG, no. 896. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.


Theodor Loos. German postcard by NPG, no. 957. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.


Erna Morena. German postcard by Kunstverlag Juno, Charlottenburg, no. 110. Photo: Atelier Eberth. Collection: Didier Hanson.


Lucie Kieselhausen. German postcard by Kunstverlag Juno, Charlottenburg, no. 115. Photo: Atelier Eberth.


Maria Leeser. German postcard, no. 1025. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. Caption: Märchen (Fairytales). Collection: Didier Hanson.


Bruno Kastner. German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 436/2, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.


Aud Egede Nissen. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 476/1, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.


Xenia Desni. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 571/1, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.


Pola Negri. German postcard by Verlag Ross, Berlin, no. 2001/6. Photo: Anny Eberth.

Sources: Dr. Britta Bommert (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; e-mail 3 February 2021), Europeana Collection and Getty Images.

This post was last updated on 3 February 2021.