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Lisa Fonssagrives (Lisa Birgitta Bernstone) was born on 17 May, 1911 in Västra Götaland County, Sweden, is a Swedish model (1911–1992). Discover Lisa Fonssagrives's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?
| Popular As |
Lisa Birgitta Bernstone |
| Occupation |
Supermodel · dancer/dance teacher · photographer · sculptor |
| Age |
80 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
| Born |
17 May, 1911 |
| Birthday |
17 May |
| Birthplace |
Västra Götaland County, Sweden |
| Date of death |
4 February, 1992 |
| Died Place |
New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality |
Sweden
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She is a member of famous model with the age 80 years old group.
Lisa Fonssagrives Height, Weight & Measurements
At 80 years old, Lisa Fonssagrives height is 1.70m .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
1.70m |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Lisa Fonssagrives's Husband?
Her husband is Fernand Fonssagrives (m. 1935-1949)
Irving Penn (m. 1950)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Fernand Fonssagrives (m. 1935-1949)
Irving Penn (m. 1950) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
2, including Mia Fonssagrives-Solow |
Lisa Fonssagrives Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lisa Fonssagrives worth at the age of 80 years old? Lisa Fonssagrives’s income source is mostly from being a successful model. She is from Sweden. We have estimated Lisa Fonssagrives's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
model |
Lisa Fonssagrives Social Network
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Timeline
Lisa Fonssagrives (born Lisa Birgitta Bernstone; 17 May 1911 – 4 February 1992), was a Swedish model, dancer, sculptor, and photographer.
She is widely credited with having been the first supermodel.
Lisa Fonssagrives was born Lisa Birgitta Bernstone on 17 May 1911, in Sweden Uddevalla ) and raised in Uddevalla. As a child, she took up painting, sculpting and dancing. She went to Mary Wigman's school in Berlin and studied art and dance. After returning to Sweden, she opened a dance school. She moved from Sweden to Paris to train for ballet (after participating with choreographer Astrid Malmborg in an international competition) and worked as a private dance teacher with Fernand Fonssagrives, which then led to a modeling career. She would say that modeling was "still dancing".
Her image appeared on the cover of many magazines during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, including Town & Country, Life, Time, Vogue, and the original Vanity Fair.
She was reported to be "the highest paid, highest praised, high fashion model in the business".
Fonssagrives once described herself as a "good clothes hanger".
While in Paris in 1936, the photographer Willy Maywald saw her in an elevator and asked her to model hats for him.
The photographs were then sent to Vogue, and the photographer Horst P. Horst took some test photographs of her.
In July 1939, she appeared in the German illustrated weekly Der Stern and was photographed also by André Steiner.
Before Fonssagrives came to the United States in 1939, she was already a top model.
She married American photographer Irving Penn in 1950 and became his muse.
After her modeling career ended, she designed a leisurewear clothing line for Lord & Taylor.
She went on to become a sculptor in the 1960s and was represented by the Marlborough Gallery in Manhattan.
Fonssagrives died, aged 80, in New York, survived by her second husband, Irving Penn, and her two children: her daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow, a fashion and jewelry designer and sculptor who was married to real estate developer and art collector Sheldon Solow, and her son, Tom Penn, a designer.
The Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn Trust was founded in 1994.
In 1995, a retrospective exhibition of her work was held at Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
Irving Penn donated photographs to the museum in her memory.
The Elton John photography collection auction, held by Christie's on 15 October 2004, sold a 1950 Irving Penn photograph of Fonssagrives for $57,360.
