The Josef Sudek Gallery ( cs, Galerie Josefa Sudka) is near
Hradčany
Hradčany (; german: Hradschin), the Castle District, is the district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic surrounding Prague Castle.
The castle is one of the biggest in the world at about in length and an average of about wide. Its history ...
(Úvoz 24) in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
, in a house where
Josef Sudek (b. 1896 Kolín, d. 1976 Prague) lived from 1959 until his death. Part of his photographic output was transferred to the MDA in Prague in the years 1978–1988. Since 1989 the MDA in Prague has also administered his flat, where the gallery opened in 1995. Sudek had also a studio in Prague, Na Újezdu 28, which he continued to use for his photographic work (namely the darkroom) after moving to Hradčany, and where his sister and assistant Božena Sudková lived.
Sudek's flat was a popular place for friendly gatherings of many artists, among them the poet
Jaroslav Seifert
Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...
, painter
Jan Zrzavý, architect Otto Rothmayer and many others. In the flat, which was gradually filled with numerous paintings, frames, goblets, boxes and photographic tools, originated many now renowned compositions in the series Aviatic Remembrances, Easter Remembrances, Labyrinths and Glass Labyrinths. This flat was also a departure point from which Sudek used to set off to roam the Prague gardens, parks and his beloved outskirts.
Exhibition programme
* Josef Sudek's work (photographic cycles, thematic series, comparative exhibitions).
* Personalities of modern Czech photography, special focus on inter-war years.
* History of photographic Pragensia from 19th century to the present day.
See also
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Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
Founded in 1885, the Prague Museum of Decorative Arts ( cz, Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze or UPM) is housed in a Neo-Renaissance edifice built from 1897 to 1899 after the designs of architect Josef Schulz. It opened in 1900 with exhibitions ...
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The Chateau at Klášterec nad Ohří
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Museum of Textile in Česká Skalice
The textile museum in Česká Skalice is the only Czech museum specialized in the history of textile production. Its displays and collections represent a unique body of work reflecting the development of the textile industry, especially cloth pri ...
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The Chateau at Kamenice nad Lipou
Kamenice nad Lipou ( cs, zámek v Kamenici nad Lipou) lies in the northwestern region of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, some twenty kilometres north of Jindřichův Hradec, in Pelhřimov District.
The chateau acquired its present Neo-classical ...
Sources
External links
Official site of the Museum of Decorative Arts in PragueJosef SudekMinneapolis Institute of Arts Josef SudekПрага, Увоз, 160\24 Дом Луны и Солнца,Josef Sudek, 1959-1976 год
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