Ré Soupault (29 October 1901 – 12 March 1996) born known as Meta Erna Niemeyer, was a French-German artist, educated at the Bauhaus.
[2] Soupault was impressed by the Neo-Zoroastrian Mazdaznanism, according to which Itten and other Bauhaus members lived, and studied Sanskrit for two semesters at Jena university.
[2] During a visit to Berlin, she met the former Bauhaus member Werner Graeff, who introduced her to the Swedish experimental filmmaker Viking Eggeling.
[2] Having begun to write under the pen name "Greta Green" for the Sport im Bild magazine in Germany, she moved to Paris as a correspondent for the Scherl Verlag in 1929.
[2] At a birthday party for Kiki de Montparnasse, she got to know the millionaire Arthur Wheeler, with whom she opened the fashion boutique Ré Sport in 1931.
[4] Working as a freelance photographer in Tunis, Ré Soupault published reportages for numerous magazines from August 1938 onwards.
Ré Soupault's good relations with the authorities allowed her access to this neighbourhood for two days, accompanied by a local policeman.
[2] The couple befriended architect Mies van der Rohe, painter Fernand Leger and composer Paul Hindemith amongst others.
In 2011, the Kunsthalle Mannheim presented her life's work as a fashion designer and filmmaker, photographer, essayist and translator in an exhibition titled "Ré Soupault.