Biography of emilie floge 1902
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Flöge, Emilie (1874–1952)
Austrian fashion designer, owner and manager with her sisters of one of Vienna's leading fashion salons, who was immortalized in Gustav Klimt's stunning Art Nouveau.Name variations: Emilie Floege; Emilie Floge.
Born Emilie Louise Flöge in Vienna, Austria, on August 30, 1874; died in Vienna on May 26, 1952; daughter of Hermann Flöge and Barbara Flöge; sister of Helene Flöge Klimt, Pauline Flöge, and Hermann Flöge.
For over ten years, considered the most important person in the life of artist Gustav Klimt (1897–1918); with sisters, owned and managed one of Vienna's leading fashion salons (c.
Biography of emilie floge 1902
1910–1938); portrayed in Klimt's Art Nouveau (1902).
One of the most remarkable women of finde-siècle Vienna, Emilie Flöge was born into a Viennese artisan family that had only recently ascended the ladder of social respectability.
Her father Hermann was a master turner who had founded a firm that exported Meerschaum pipes, mostly to the British market. In 1