Adolf Schneeberger Explained

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

• 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

• 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
• Birgus, Vladimír: Czech Photographic Avant-Garde, 1918–1948, Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2002

External links

• Adolf Schneeberger: Sbírka fotografií skupiny PPF
• 2/12/1987; Chicago Tribune, p82.^[4]
• 8/21/1988; Chicago Tribune, p292.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jaromír Funke (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection) . 2024-08-13 . The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection . en.
2. Web site: Josef Sudek Howard Greenberg Gallery . 2024-08-13 . www.howardgreenberg.com . en.
3. Web site: Jaromír Funke and the Amateur Avant-Garde . 2024-08-13 . www.nga.gov.
4. Web site: Feb 12, 1987, page 82 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com . 2024-08-13 . Newspapers.com . en.
5. Web site: Aug 21, 1988, page 292 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com . 2024-08-13 . Newspapers.com . en.