Adolf Schneeberger
Adolf Schneeberger (born in Choceň, 6/14/1897 - Prague, 1977) was a Czech photographer.
He studied engineering and photography at the Czech Technical University in Prague, 1914. He was the founder of the Czech Photographic Society with Jaromir Funke (1896-1945),[1] and Ludvik Dvorak (1891-1969) and Josef Sudek (1896-1976)[2] in 1924. The group was heavily influenced by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) and his circle of photographers.[3]
Selected Public Collections
[edit]- Getty, Los Angeles, California- Triple Portrait [Adolf Schneeberger, Josef Sudek, Jaromir Funke] about 1924
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Books of Adolf Schneeberger's works
[edit]- Dufek, Antonín: Adolf Schneeberge Prague: Odeon, 1983.
- Josef, Váša: Fotografická tvorba Adolfa Schneebergera FAMU Praha, 1978
- Adlerová Alena, Alborch Carmen, Bydžovská Lenka, Dufek Antonín, Frampton Kenneth, Kubová Alena, Lahoda Vojtěch: The Art of the Avant-garde in Czechoslovakia 1918 - 1938 Institut Valencia d´Art Modern, 1993 ISBN 84-482-0108-6
- Birgus, Vladimír: Czech Photographic Avant-Garde, 1918–1948, Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2002 ISBN 0-262-02516-7
External links
[edit]- Adolf Schneeberger: Sbírka fotografií skupiny PPF
- 2/12/1987; Chicago Tribune, p82.[4]
- 8/21/1988; Chicago Tribune, p292.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jaromír Funke (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Josef Sudek | Howard Greenberg Gallery". www.howardgreenberg.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Jaromír Funke and the Amateur Avant-Garde". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Feb 12, 1987, page 82 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Aug 21, 1988, page 292 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
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