Maria Antonia Merkelbach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Antonia Merkelbach

Dutch photographer

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1985

Profession: photographer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Maria Antonia Merkelbach (1904–1985) was a professional photographer, designer, and painter.
In photography she followed her father, Jacob Merkelbach, a famous fashion photographer of Amsterdam, by working in his well-known studio called "Atelier J.
Merkelbach" that was established by him in April 1913.
She also worked as model in highly fashionable clothes for the studio.
This studio functioned under her direction after her father's death in 1942 till 1969.
She and her husband took many portrait pictures of Queen Wilhelmina out of which one portrait was chosen as a state photograph.