Rogi André

Rogi André (10 August 1900 – 11 April 1970) was a Hungarian-born French photographer and artist. She was known for her portraits of prominent artists and intellectuals in early 20th-century Paris. Born Rozsa Klein, she adopted the name Rogi André and became recognized for her distinctive approach to portrait photography, often capturing her subjects in natural, intimate settings. She was associated with the avant-garde artistic circles of the time and photographed notable figures such as Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Jean Cocteau. André was also briefly married to the surrealist photographer André Kertész, though she developed her own artistic identity independent of his influence.

In 1928, André produced her first nude photos and in 1936, some were published in Arts et Métiers Graphiques. By 1941 André had prospered, but because of World War II, she was forced to flee in the free zone and take refuge in Touraine because of her Jewish origins. After the war, André resumed painting, though meanwhile showed in an international group exhibition of portrait photography in the Galeries Mazarine et Mansart of the Bibliothèque nationale,