František Drtikol
František Drtikol (born March 3, 1883 in Příbram , † January 13, 1961 in Prague ) was the first important Czech photographer .
Life
After an apprenticeship in photography in the Antonin Mattas studio in Příbram from 1898 to 1901, Drtikol attended the teaching and research institute for photography in Munich from 1901 to 1903 (later renamed the Bavarian State Institute for Photography and from 1990 into the State Academy for Photo Design Munich ). From 1904 to 1907 he did military service, from 1907 to 1935 he ran his own studio, first in Příbram and later in Prague . 1945/46 Drtikol was professor at the School of Graphics in Prague.
The focus of his work was nude photography in the Art Deco style . The influence of Prague symbolism and “Art Nouveau” can be seen in his early works. In the 1920s and 30s, silent films , avant-garde and Art Deco shaped his work. Before the Second World War , František Drtikol gave up photography and from then on devoted himself to painting. His fame waned and he died lonely and forgotten in 1961. Only recently has his work regained a high status in the history of Czech photography.
Exhibitions
- 1924: Group exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society , London.
- 1925: Participation in the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs , Paris. (Receives the Grand Prize.)
- 1972: First retrospective at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague . Catalog (see lit.).
- 1984: Czech photography 1918–1948 , Museum Folkwang , Essen. Catalog.
- 1999: Modern Beauty. Czech avant-garde photography 1918–1948 , Die Neue Sammlung , Munich, Mission du Patrimoine photographique, Paris, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya , Barcelona and Musée de l'Elysée , Lausanne.
- 2004: František Drtikol: Photographs from 1918–1935 , Museum of Applied Arts in Prague .
- 2009: Czech Photography of the 20th Century , Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bonn, in collaboration with the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague
literature
- Anna Fárová: photographer František Drtikol . Exhibition catalog. Decorative Arts Museum in Prague, 1972.
- Anna Fárová: Frantisek Drtikol. Art Deco photographer . Edited by Manfred Heiting. Translated from the French by Michael Bischoff . Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-88814-683-6 .
- Vladimír Birgus: Czech avant-garde photography 1918–1948 . Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-89790-011-4 .
- Ulrich Pohlmann, Rudolf Scheutle: (Ed.): Apprenticeship years, light years. The Munich Photo School 1900–2000 . Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-88814-943-6 .
- Howard Greenberg, Annette and Rudolf Kicken (eds.): Czech Vision. Avantgarde Photography in Czechoslovakia . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7757-2030-4 .
- Annette and Rudolf Kicken: Drtikol - Photography . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2600-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about František Drtikol in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about František Drtikol in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- SK Josefsberg Studio - Frantisek Drtikol
- Frantisek Drtikol
- The teaching of Frantisek Drtikol
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anna Fárová, Manfred Heiting (ed.): Frantisek Drtikol. Art Deco photographer . Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-88814-683-6 .
- ^ Photo exhibition by František Drtikol: Photographs from 1918–1935 in the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drtikol, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Příbram |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1961 |
| Place of death | Prague |