 
Lucie Eisenstab and Paul Peter Porges met in 1945 in Geneva. Both had fled to France from Vienna in 1938, Lucie with her parents, and Paul Peter through evacuation to the children's camp at La Guette. From there he managed to reach Switzerland on his own. After the War, Lucie, who had studied fashion design, went to Paris where she immersed herself in the world of haute couture, while PPP, as Paul Peter Porges called himself, followed his parents to New York. After touring the country with a circus for several months, he was drafted into the US Army, where he published his first drawings and cartoons in military magazines. On his return to New York his career took off: the Saturday Evening Post published his cartoons, and he also worked extensively for the cult comic Mad Magazine and the more serious magazine The New Yorker. His cartoons showed New York and the madness of daily life there. Lucie Porges, who arrived in New York in 1951 and married Paul Peter there, was artist in residence at Pauline Trigère's fashion house. She worked as a designer and, together with Pauline Trigère, helped define the company's fashions from the 1960s until the 1990s: a Viennese designing French fashions in New York. Lucie and PPP have been married for 49 years. They have two daughters, several grandchildren and an apartment on 72nd Street in New York's Upper West Side. "Lucie & Paul Peter Porges - Style and Humor" can be seen from 31 May until 17 September 2000 at the Jewish Museum Vienna (A-1010 Vienna, Dorotheergasse 11). The Jewish Museum is open Sundays to Fridays from 10 am to 6 pm (8 pm on Thursdays). Free guided tours in German are provided Sundays at 11 and 2 pm and Thursdays at 6.30 pm. A guided tour of the permanent exhibitions is organised every Sunday at 4 pm. Entrance: ATS 70 (EUR 5)/ATS 40 (EUR 2.90) (reduced). School classes accompanied by a teacher can visit the Museum and enjoy a guided tour free of charge. An information programme tailored to all age groups is again being arranged by the Museum's educational staff. Registration for this programme and for the special guided tours, including tours in languages other than German, can be made by calling +43-1-535 0431-25 (price: ATS 450/EUR 32.70). Details of the Museum's services can also be found on the Internet at www.jmw.at. A catalogue in English and German with many black & white illustrations has been prepared to accompany the exhibition. It costs ATS 198 (EUR 14.38) and is available from the Museum bookshop. |