E.O. Hoppé
(1878-1972), Photographer and writerEmil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 196 portraits
Born in Munich in 1878, Hoppé became one of the most successful photographers in London in the early decades of the twentieth century. He opened his first studio at 10 Margravine Gardens, West Kensington in October 1907. In February 1911 he took larger premises at 59 Baker Street where he photographed members of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. In 1913 he moved to Millais House at 7 Cromwell Place and stayed there until 1937. He published a number of books including The Book of Fair Women (1922), Taken from Life (1922) and London Types (1926) and his autobiography Hundred Thousands Exposures (1945) as well turning to travel photography and photo-journalism.
Dame Rebecca West (Cicily Isabel Andrews (née Fairfield))
by E.O. Hoppé
chlorobromide print, 30 January 1923
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P1696
by E.O. Hoppé
sepia-toned matte bromide print, 28 February 1924
NPG P1087
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x196044
by E.O. Hoppé, printed by Intaglio Patents Ltd
photogravure, 1909
NPG Ax133213
Lillah McCarthy; Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle in 'The Sentimentalists'
by E.O. Hoppé
matte bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1910
NPG x128123
by E.O. Hoppé
vintage bromide print, 1910
NPG x29754
by E.O. Hoppé
platinotype on photographer's card mount, 1910
NPG x5122
by E.O. Hoppé
modern print on sepia-toned Veribrom paper, 1910
NPG x132917
by E.O. Hoppé
modern print on sepia-toned Veribrom paper, 1910
NPG x132914
Mrs Alec Tweedie (Ethel Brilliana Tweedie, née Harley)
by E.O. Hoppé
carbon print, circa 1910
NPG x199012
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1910s
NPG Ax105740
Ava (née Willing), Lady Ribblesdale
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1910s?
NPG x198448
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1910s
NPG x198453
by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1910s
NPG x198454
Tamara Karsavina as Armide in 'Pavillon d'Armide'
by E.O. Hoppé
whole-plate glass transparency, 1911
NPG x45203
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