Grandma and her grandson,Vladimir province (1914)
Photography by Mikhail Krukovskiy (1856-1936)
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František Drtikol (Czech 1883-1961), Nude with Veil, 1923. Bromography, 29 x 23,5 cm.
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Josef Sudek
Known as the Poet of Prague for his lyrical views of Bohemia’s capital, Josef Sudek was one of the 20th century’s most important and prolific photographers, and a key figure in the Czech avant-garde scene of the 1920s and 1930s.
He was born in 1896 in Kolín, east of Prague, to a housepainter and a tailor’s daughter. While apprenticing as a bookbinder from 1910 to 1913, he began taking photographs, producing romantic landscapes, cityscapes and interior shots.
Sudek’s enduring fascination with light, and its absence, is at the root of some of the most haunting photographs of the twentieth century. Nature, architecture, streets and objects are magnified by his sensitivity and mastery of the effects of light, contrasting with the impenetrable cloak of darkness.
“I believe a lot in instinct. One should never dull it by wanting to know everything. One shouldn’t ask too many questions but do what one does properly, never rush, and never torment oneself.” – Josef Sudek
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Bazilika sv. Petra a Pavla, Vyšehrad, Praha (Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic)
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Sádrová hlava (Plaster Head), Josef Sudek, 1945
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Josef Sudek (1896-1976) ~ The Window of My Studio, 1940-54 | src Gitterman Gallery ~ Czech Avant-Garde 2023
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Russian peasant girl (1916/1919)
Photography by unknown Czech legionnaire
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Jindřich Štyrský (Czech 1899–1942), Untitled, 1934. Gelatin silver print. (Source: Tate Museum, London)
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