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Natascha Artin Brunswick
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Natascha Artin Brunswick in 2000
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Natalya Naumovna Yasnaya
June 11, 1909 Saint Petersburg
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| Died | February 3, 2003 (aged 93) Princeton, New Jersey
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Spouse(s) | Emil Artin, Mark Brunswick |
Natascha Artin Brunswick was born Natalya Naumovna Yasnaya on June 11, 1909. She was a talented woman who became both a mathematician and a photographer. She was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and later moved to the United States. Natascha lived a long life, passing away on February 3, 2003, in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Early Life and Education
Natascha Artin Brunswick grew up in a time of big changes. Her father, Naum Jasny, was an economist. Her mother was a dentist from a noble family. Because of rules at the time, her mother changed her religion so she could marry Natascha's father. They got married in Finland.
Moving from Russia
After the October Revolution in 1917, her father, who was part of a political group called the Mensheviks, had to leave Russia. Natascha, her sister, and her mother followed him in 1920.
The family moved several times. They lived in Austria from 1922 to 1924. Then they briefly lived in Berlin before settling in Langenhorn, Hamburg, Germany, in 1924. They stayed there until 1937.
School and Photography
Natascha went to the Lichtwark school, which used new teaching methods. Even when she was still in school, she loved photography. She used a simple camera and turned her bathroom into a darkroom to develop her own photos.
She finished school in 1928. Natascha wanted to study architecture at the famous Bauhaus school. However, her family did not have enough money for this. Instead, she studied mathematics at the University of Hamburg. She also took classes in art history. She earned her degree in 1930.
Marriage and Family
On August 29, 1929, Natascha married her mathematics professor, Emil Artin. He had been teaching in Hamburg since 1923. They had two children in Germany: a daughter named Karin (born in 1933) and a son named Michael (born in 1934).
Life in the United States
Life in Germany became difficult for the Artins. Because Natascha was partly Jewish, her husband, Emil Artin, was forced to leave his teaching job by the Nazi Party. In 1934, he had to sign a paper saying his wife was not "Aryan" (a term used by the Nazis).
The Artin family left Germany for the United States on October 21, 1937. They were not allowed to take much money with them. So, they shipped all their belongings instead.
New Beginnings
Emil Artin found a teaching job at the University of Notre Dame. In 1938, they moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where he taught at Indiana University. Their third child, a son named Thomas (Tom), was born in 1938.
During World War II, Natascha Artin was called an "enemy alien" by the U.S. government. This meant she was from a country that the U.S. was fighting. Even so, the United States Army hired her in 1942. She taught Russian to soldiers at Indiana University.
In 1946, Emil Artin got a job at Princeton University. The family moved to Princeton, New Jersey. Natascha and Emil divorced in 1958. Emil then moved back to Hamburg. In 1960, Natascha married again to a composer named Mark Brunswick. She lived in Princeton until she passed away in 2003.
Work as a Mathematics Editor
After moving to Princeton, Natascha Artin started working in the mathematics department at New York University. She became an editor for a math journal called Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. This journal was started in 1948.
In 1956, she became the main editor for translating another journal, Theory of Probability and Its Applications. She held this important job until 1989. Because she was a member for over 50 years, she was made an Honorary Member of the American Mathematical Society.
Work as a Photographer
Natascha Artin Brunswick did not think of herself as a professional photographer. She called it a "private passion." But her photos were much more than just quick snapshots.
Her Photography Journey
After they married in 1929, her husband, Emil Artin, who also loved photography, gave her a Leica camera. A family friend, the painter Heinrich Stegemann, also encouraged her.
She first took pictures of her family, friends, and landscapes. Later, she explored Hamburg and photographed places like the Port of Hamburg, the Jungfernstieg, and the main railway station. She was very interested in buildings. She liked clear, bright lines in her photos, influenced by the ideas of the Bauhaus.
Rediscovery of Her Work
During World War II, her camera was taken by the police in 1942. When it was returned, she had lost her interest in photography. However, her photos from her time in Hamburg were saved when she moved to the U.S.
About 40 years later, her son Tom found these old photos in a cabinet. He realized how important they were and contacted art galleries in Hamburg. Natascha Brunswick's photographs were first shown in a gallery in 1999.
In 2001, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg held a big exhibition. It showed 227 of her original photos. The exhibition was called Hamburg, As I Saw It. Photographs from the 1920s and 30s. Even though she was 91 years old, Natascha Brunswick traveled from New York to attend the opening. The museum now owns 230 of her original prints. The negatives are kept by the Artin family.
Images for kids
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Natascha Artin Brunswick in 2000
See also
In Spanish: Natasha Artin para niños
