Dora Kallmus

Dora Kallmus
Born	Dora Philippine Kallmus March 20, 1881 Vienna, Austria
Died	October 28, 1963 Frohnleiten (near Steiermark), Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Other names	Madame D'Ora
Occupation	Photographer
Known for	Society and fashion photography

Dora Kallmus (also known as Madame D'Ora) (1881 - 1963) was an Austrian-Jewish fashion and portrait photographer.

Born Dora Philippine Kallmus in Vienna in 1881, she came from a family of Jewish lawyers. In 1905 she was the first woman to be admitted to theory courses at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (Graphic Training Institute). That same year she became a member of the Association of Austrian photographers.

In 1907, she established her own studio with Benda in Vienna called the Atelier d’Ora. The name was based on the pseudonym "Madame d'Ora", which she used professionally. D'ora and Benda operated a summer studio from 1921 to 1926 in Karlsbad, Germany, and opened another gallery in Paris in 1925.

Her subjects included Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Tamara de Lempicka, Alban Berg, Maurice Chevalier, Colette, and other dancers, actors, painters, and writers.

In 1919, d’Ora converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism. She died on October 28, 1963.

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