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'''Anna Fárová''' (June 1, 1928 - February 27, 2010) was a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[art historian]] who specialized and catalogued Czech and [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakian]] [[photographers]], including [[Frantisek Drtikol]] and [[Josef Sudek]].<ref name=pdm> {{cite news|first=|last=|title=Art historian Fárová dies |url=http://praguemonitor.com/2010/03/02/art-historian-f%C3%A1rov%C3%A1-dies |work=[[Czech News Agency]]|publisher=[[Prague Daily Monitor]]|date=2010-03-02 |accessdate=2010-03-02}}</ref> She was one of the pioneers of writing on history of photography. Her publishing activities helped to establish photography as an art discipline within the country.
'''Anna Fárová''' (1 June 1928 – 27 February 2010) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[art historian]] who specialized and catalogued Czech and [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] photographers, including [[František Drtikol]] and [[Josef Sudek]].<ref name=pdm>{{cite news|title=Art historian Fárová dies |url=http://praguemonitor.com/2010/03/02/art-historian-f%C3%A1rov%C3%A1-dies |work=[[Czech News Agency]] |publisher=[[Prague Daily Monitor]] |date=2010-03-02 |access-date=2010-03-02 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="favrova-2010">{{cite book |title=A pásly by se tam ovce... |last=Fárová |first=Anna |editor=Stoilov, Viktor |year=2010 |publisher=Torst |location=Prague |isbn=978-80-7215-387-9 |language=cs}}</ref> She was one of the pioneers of writing on history of photography. Her publishing activities helped to establish photography as an art discipline within the country.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Fárová was born in 1928 in [[Paris, France]], to a Czech diplomat, [[Miloš Šafránek]], and a [[France|French]] professor, Anne Moussu.<ref name=rp> {{cite news|first=Jan|last=Richter|title=Art historian Anna Fárová dies at 81 |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/125554 |work=[[Radio Prague]]|publisher=|date=2010-03-02 |accessdate=2010-03-02}}</ref> She spent a part of her early childhood in Paris, the family moved to [[Plzeň]], [[Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)|Czechoslovakia]] only in the middle of the 1930s.<ref>Fárová (2010), p. 19</ref> Following her studies at the [[France|French]] [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] in Prague she continued studying art history and [[aesthetics]] at the Faculty of Arts of the [[Charles University in Prague]].<ref name="mfdnes">{{cite web|url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrela-kunsthistoricka-anna-farova-ktera-zila-pro-fotografii-p7o-/vytvarneum.asp?c=A100301_101840_vytvarneum_jaz|title=Zemřela kunsthistorička Anna Fárová, která žila pro fotografii|date=2010-03-01|publisher=Mladá fronta DNES|language=Czech|accessdate=3 March 2010}}</ref><ref>Fárová began her studies at the [[Charles University]] in 1948. (Fárová (2010), p.40)</ref> In 1952, she married Czech artist [[Libor Fára]][http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libor_Fára].<ref>Fárová (2010), p. 58</ref> In 1956, her father arranged a meeting with photographer [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]].<ref name=pdm/><ref name="novinky">{{cite web|url=http://www.novinky.cz/kultura/193491-zemrela-historicka-fotografie-anna-farova.html|title=Zemřela historička fotografie Anna Fárová|date=2010-03-01|publisher=Novinky.cz|language=Czech|accessdate=3 March 2010}}</ref> The meeting heavily influenced her career.<ref name=pdm/> She began working with Cartier-Bresson's [[Magnum Photos]] agency and published a series of monographs in the Czech publishing house [[Odeon (publishing house)|Odeon]].<ref name=pdm/>
Fárová was born in 1928 in Paris, to a Czech diplomat, [[Miloš Šafránek]], and a French professor, Anne Moussu.<ref name=rp>{{cite news|first=Jan|last=Richter|title=Art historian Anna Fárová dies at 81 |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/125554 |work=[[Radio Prague]]|date=2010-03-02 |access-date=2010-03-02}}</ref> She spent a part of her early childhood in Paris, the family moved to [[Plzeň]], [[Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)|Czechoslovakia]] only in the middle of the 1930s.<ref>Fárová (2010), p. 19</ref> Following her studies at the French [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] in Prague she continued studying art history and [[aesthetics]] at the Faculty of Arts of the [[Charles University in Prague]].<ref name="mfdnes">{{cite web|url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrela-kunsthistoricka-anna-farova-ktera-zila-pro-fotografii-p7o-/vytvarneum.asp?c=A100301_101840_vytvarneum_jaz|title=Zemřela kunsthistorička Anna Fárová, která žila pro fotografii|date=2010-03-01|publisher=Mladá fronta DNES|language=cs|access-date=3 March 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100302205910/http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrela-kunsthistoricka-anna-farova-ktera-zila-pro-fotografii-p7o-/vytvarneum.asp?c=A100301_101840_vytvarneum_jaz| archive-date= 2 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>Fárová began her studies at the Charles University in 1948. (Fárová (2010), p.40)</ref> In 1952, she married Czech artist [[Libor Fára]].<ref name="favrova-2010"/>{{rp|58}} In 1956, her father arranged a meeting with photographer [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]].<ref name=pdm/><ref name="novinky">{{cite web|url=http://www.novinky.cz/kultura/193491-zemrela-historicka-fotografie-anna-farova.html|title=Zemřela historička fotografie Anna Fárová|date=2010-03-01|publisher=Novinky.cz|language=cs|access-date=3 March 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100410151248/http://www.novinky.cz/kultura/193491-zemrela-historicka-fotografie-anna-farova.html| archive-date= 10 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The meeting heavily influenced her career.<ref name=pdm/> She began working with the [[Magnum Photos]] agency, co-founded by Cartier-Bresson, and published a series of monographs in the Czech publishing house [[Odeon (publishing house)|Odeon]].<ref name=pdm/>


She held a number of photo exhibitions across [[Prague]]. However, the Communist era Czechoslovakian government banned Fárová from working in the country after she became a [[signatory]] of the [[Charter 77]] [[manifesto]] in the 1970s.<ref name=pdm/> Much of her work was published outside of [[Czechoslovakia]] during the 1980s, before the [[Velvet Revolution]] and fall of [[communism]].<ref name=pdm/>
She held a number of photo exhibitions across [rague. However, the Communist era Czechoslovak government banned Fárová from working in the country after she became a [[signatory]] of the [[Charter 77]] [[manifesto]] in the 1970s.<ref name=pdm/> Much of her work was published outside of Czechoslovakia during the 1980s, before the [[Velvet Revolution]] and fall of [[communism]].<ref name=pdm/>


Anna Fárová died of a "serious illness" on February 27, 2010, at the age of 81.<ref name=pdm/><ref name=rp/>
Fárová died of a "serious illness" on 27 February 2010, at the age of 81.<ref name=pdm/><ref name=rp/>


==Notes==
==References==
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== References ==
== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |title=A pásly by se tam ovce... |last=Fárová |first=Anna |authorlink= |coauthors=Stoilov, Viktor (ed.) |year=2010 |publisher=Torst |location=Prague |isbn=978-80-7215-387-9 |page= |pages= |url= |ref= }} {{cs icon}}
*{{cite book |title=Anna Fárová - Dvě tváře |editor-last=Stoilov |editor-first=Viktor |year=2009 |publisher=[[Torst (publishing house)|Torst]] |location=Prague |isbn=978-80-7215-369-5 |language=cs}}

== Literature ==
*{{cite book |title=Anna Fárová - Dvě tváře |last=Stoilov |first=Viktor (ed.) |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2009 |publisher=[[Torst (publishing house)|Torst]] |location=Prague |isbn=978-80-7215-369-5 |page= |pages= |url= |ref= }} {{cs icon}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/110106 Anna Fárová: a life in photography (Czech Radio)]
*[http://www.radio.cz/en/article/110106 Anna Fárová: a life in photography (Czech Radio)]
*[http://www.langhansgalerie.cz/en/vystavy-detail.php?vid=94 Anna Fárová (Gallery Langhans)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718174446/http://www.langhansgalerie.cz/en/vystavy-detail.php?vid=94 Anna Fárová (Gallery Langhans)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210824/http://multimedia.ihned.cz/index.php?article%5Bgallery%5D%5Bdetail_id%5D=942040&article%5Bgallery%5D%5Bfrom%5D=0&article%5Bgallery%5D%5Bid%5D=699570&article%5Bid%5D=40811630&p=0MF00o_d#fg Anna Fárová Multimedia IHNED.cz]


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Latest revision as of 13:35, 23 February 2023

Anna Fárová (1 June 1928 – 27 February 2010) was a Czech art historian who specialized and catalogued Czech and Czechoslovak photographers, including František Drtikol and Josef Sudek.[1][2] She was one of the pioneers of writing on history of photography. Her publishing activities helped to establish photography as an art discipline within the country.

Biography[edit]

Fárová was born in 1928 in Paris, to a Czech diplomat, Miloš Šafránek, and a French professor, Anne Moussu.[3] She spent a part of her early childhood in Paris, the family moved to Plzeň, Czechoslovakia only in the middle of the 1930s.[4] Following her studies at the French gymnasium in Prague she continued studying art history and aesthetics at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague.[5][6] In 1952, she married Czech artist Libor Fára.[2]: 58  In 1956, her father arranged a meeting with photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.[1][7] The meeting heavily influenced her career.[1] She began working with the Magnum Photos agency, co-founded by Cartier-Bresson, and published a series of monographs in the Czech publishing house Odeon.[1]

She held a number of photo exhibitions across [rague. However, the Communist era Czechoslovak government banned Fárová from working in the country after she became a signatory of the Charter 77 manifesto in the 1970s.[1] Much of her work was published outside of Czechoslovakia during the 1980s, before the Velvet Revolution and fall of communism.[1]

Fárová died of a "serious illness" on 27 February 2010, at the age of 81.[1][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Art historian Fárová dies". Czech News Agency. Prague Daily Monitor. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-02.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Fárová, Anna (2010). Stoilov, Viktor (ed.). A pásly by se tam ovce... (in Czech). Prague: Torst. ISBN 978-80-7215-387-9.
  3. ^ a b Richter, Jan (2010-03-02). "Art historian Anna Fárová dies at 81". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  4. ^ Fárová (2010), p. 19
  5. ^ "Zemřela kunsthistorička Anna Fárová, která žila pro fotografii" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 2010-03-01. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  6. ^ Fárová began her studies at the Charles University in 1948. (Fárová (2010), p.40)
  7. ^ "Zemřela historička fotografie Anna Fárová" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. 2010-03-01. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.

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