Jack von Reppert-Bismarck

[3] Von Reppert became a bit of an 'it' girl celebrity, as shown by the coverage given her by Weimar Republic era magazines such as Die Dame, Das Leben and UHU in the late 1920s.

the red ears of the blue frocked barker of the Cirque d'hiver, the rush of white horses, the stab of an out-thrust hand are set down with swift singing color and an unswerving line.

TIME: Monday, February 23, 1931, continued: Last week at New York's Balzac Galleries, Frau Jack von Reppert-Bismarck was heralded as a great-granddaughter-in-law of the Iron Chancellor's cousin, and also as Germany's Marie Laurencin.

During the Friday to Monday (weekend) of May 29, 1932, Cecil Beaton, whom Jack had met in New York, on the wet Sunday set his house party the task of decorating his bedroom.

Beaton's description of the transformation of his bedroom into a circus-room ends thus: 'Mme von Bismarck pictured an equestrienne on a flower-dappled circus pony, and her husband decided to portray 'the strong man of the Fair' with volute mustachios, tattoo marks, heavy ball-weights and chains.

However, Yorck Bismarck eschewed the traditional circus manner of carefully finished realistic painting for the more modern slapdash strokes of the brush, and the next weekend, Rex Whistler could not resist touching up the flowing chevelure and mustachios, the better to conform with the other murals.

Jack von Reppert-Bismarck, photograph by Rolf Mahrenholz, as seen in Vanity Fair , October 1, 1931. Photograph might date from 1929. [ 2 ]
Wappen der Familie Reppert
Hans Jörg von Reppert-Bismark's illustration of Estonczyk 6th Cossack (later Kosakenregiment 360) regiment commander Major Ewert von Renteln (1893-1947), [ 11 ] Signal (magazine) , 1943.