Olga Máté, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olga Máté

Hungarian photographer

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1878

Place of Birth: Szigetvár, Baranya County, Hungary

Date of Death: 05-May-1961

Profession: photographer

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Olga Máté (1878-1961) was one of the first women Hungarian photographers, most known for her portraits.
She was known for her lighting techniques and utilized lighted backgrounds to enhance her portraits and still life compositions.
In 1912 she won a Gold Medal in Stuttgart at an international photography exhibit.
Perhaps her best-known images are portraits she took of Mihály Babits and Margit Kaffka.
She was also an early suffragist in Hungary and during the Hungarian White Terror assisted several intellectuals in their escapes.



Alternative names	Rudolf Duhrkoop
Description	German photographer
Date of birth/death	1 August 1848	3 April 1918
Location of birth/death	Hamburg	Hamburg
Work location	Hamburg
Authority control	: Q86542 VIAF: 17513864 ISNI: 0000 0000 6660 7690 ULAN: 500072014 LCCN: no2014076892 GND: 116235373 WorldCat