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Richard Beer-Hofmann was born in Vienna, Austria on July 11, 1866. His mother died within a week of his birth, and he was adopted and reared by his uncle and his aunt, Berta and Alois Hofmann. He spent his early childhood in Brünn (Brno, Czech Republic), where Alois Hofmann owned a textile factory. In 1880 the family moved to Vienna and Richard Beer-Hofmann eventually studied law at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1890. He worked primarily as a poet, novelist and dramatist and was one of the most influential members of “Young Vienna”, a circle of Viennese writers. Many of his works deal with Jewish themes, and his novel ‘Der Tod Georgs’ is probably the most representative art nouveau novel in the German language. Richard Beer-Hofmann immigrated to the United States via Switzerland in 1939, and he died in New York City on September 26, 1945.

The Berlin-born photographer Arthur Benda worked in the photo studio Madame d'Ora in Vienna, which was the most acclaimed portrait-studio in fin de siècle Vienna.

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Portrait of Richard Beer-Hofmann / Atelier d'Ora (Wien), Leo Baeck Institute, F 5878.