Marie Šechtlová (25 March 1928

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– 5 July 2008

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) was a

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, one of the proponents of the " poetry of everyday" style.

Chronology

Awards

* 1957 Marie Šechtlová and Josef Šechtl won second prize in national amateur movie competition, in the category “Movie Poetry”, for the movie “Moon”. * 1960 First prize in national competition of Photography Association, in Artistic Photography category, for the cycle “Come to Mama, Darling”. * 1961 First and second prizes in competition of Photography Association for the series “Almanac 1960”, and for “Boys of Our Street”. * 1962 First prize at Exhibition of Czechoslovak Art Photography in Sevastopol. First prize in Reportage category for the series “One to Another”, in competition of Photography Association. * 1963 First prize for a series of photographs, “The Face of the Earth”. First prize for a series of photographs, “Rain Song”, in exhibition “Great Friendship”. * 1965 Third and fourth prizes in Photographic Art competition in

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. * 1965 Special prize in competition in magazine “Mladý svět”, “Unknown Beauties of Czechoslovakia”, prize a two-week trip to

and Denmark.

Exhibitions

* 1961 First exhibition in ZK Jiskra, in

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. * 1961 Exhibition in Halle, Germany. * 1963 Exhibitions in Kunštát Palace in

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; in

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; in

Uherské Hradiště Uherské Hradiště (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. The agglomeration with the two neighbouring towns of Staré Město (Uherské Hradiště District), Staré Město and Kunovice has over ...

; in

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; and in Gottwaldow. * 1964 Exhibition and catalogue in House of Arts in

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

; in

Soběslav Soběslav (; ) is a town in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, ur ...

; and in

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. * 1965 Exhibition in Mladá Fronta gallery in

. Exhibition “Wystawa Fotografiky Marii Šechtlovej”, in arsaw oland * 1966 Exhibition in Brussels. * 1966 Traveling exhibition in

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and

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. * 1966 Exhibitions in

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and in �eské Budějovice Exhibition “South Bohemia” in

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and

. * 1967 First joint exhibition of Marie and Josef Šechtl in

and other cities. * 1967 Exhibition of Marie Šechtlová and A. Robinsonová in

and

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. * 1967 Exhibitions in

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, and in

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. * 1979 Exhibition M. and J. Šechtl in

theatre. * 1980 Exhibition “Metamorphoses of Tábor from Archive of Three Generations”, in

Cultural Centre. * 1982 Exhibition “Colour Photography”, by M. and J. Šechtl in

District Museum. * 1987 Exhibition “Colour Photography”, in

Dačice Dačice (; ) is a town in Jindřichův Hradec District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,200 inhabitants. It lies on the Moravian Thaya River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultur ...

. * 2003 Exhibition “Review and Dreamy Return, Photos and Computer Graphics of M. Šechtlová”, in

Sezimovo Ústí Sezimovo Ústí (; ) is a town in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. Etymology The name literally means "Sezima's river mouth". Geography Sezimovo Ústí is urbanistically fused wi ...

. * 2005 Exhibition “Five Generations of Šechtl Family, Photography and Graphics”, in

Museum. * 2006 Exhibition “Five Generations of Šechtl Family”, in rostějov * 2007 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photographic stories“ in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography in

and Médiathèque Dole in France. * 2008 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Life with Photography“ in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography in

. * 2010 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photography 1960-1970" in Leica Gallery Prague in

. * 2010 Exhibition "Marie Šechtlová: Czech in the U.S." in American center in Prague in

. * 2010 Exhibition "Marie Šechtlová & Josef Šechtl, Life with Photography." in Municipak Museum in Blatná in

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Publications

* Štych, Jiří, ''Děti kapitána Kohla: reportáž z nedávné minulosti'' České Budéjovice: Krajské nakladatelství České Buďéjovice 1961. * Noha, Jan; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Všechny oči'', Prague: Státní nakladatelství 1964. * Noha, Jan; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Praha na listu růže'', Prague: Orbis 1966. * Holub, Miroslav; Fuková, Eva; Novotný, Miloň, ''New York'', Prague: Mladá fronta 1966. * et al., ''Ze Šrámkova Písku'' Písek, Městský národní výbor 1967. * Mixa, Robert; Bauerl Jan, Šechtlová, Marie, ''Tábor a okolí'', České Budějovice: Nakladatelství České Buďějovice 1967. * Kožík František; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Praha'', Prague: pressfoto 1972. * Grünfeld, Josef; Šechtlová, Marie; et al., ''Jindřichohradecko'', Jindřichův Hradec: Okresní národní výbor 1973. * Michl, Karel; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Hradec Králové: k sedmsetpadesátému výročí zalození města a třicátému výroči osvobození sovětskou armádou v roce MCMLXXV'', Hradec Králové, Osveta 1976. * Stehlíková, Blanka, ''Leningrad'' Prague: Odeon 1977. * Malík, Jan; Dvořák, J., V.; Šechtlová, Marie, Šechtl, Josef, ''Svét loutek: loutky ze sbírek Muzea loutkářských kultur v Chrudimi'', Hradec Králové: Kruh 1978. * Drda, Miloš; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Muzeum husitského revolučního hnutí v Táboře: expozice husité'', Prague: Pressfoto 1979. * Korčák, Pavel; et al.; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef., ''Tábor: Národní kulturní památka'', Praha: Panorama 1979. * Svatoň, Jaroslav; Josef Šechtl; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Tábor: Národní kulturní památka'', Tábor: Okresní národní výbor 1979. * Marhoun, Jan, ''Jitex - 30 let práce pro socialismus'', Praha: Práce 1979. * Collective from art-history department of Regional center for historical care and preservation of nature in České Budějovice, ''Jihočeská klenotnice'' České Budéjovice: Jihočeské nakladatelství 1981. * Štara, Antonín; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Galerie Klenová'' Prague: Pressfoto 1981. * Kuthan, Jiří; Horyna, Mojmír; Muchka, Ivan; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Jižní Čechy: krajina, historie, umělecké památky'', Prague: Panorama 1982. * Klíma, Jaroslav; Texler, Václav; Postl, Radomír; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Písek a Písecko'', Písek: Městské kulturní středisko 1983. * Šmejkal, František, ''Zdeněk Sklenář'', Prague: Odeon 1984. * Krajný, Miroslav; ''Karel Stehlík'', Prague: Odeon 1986. * Hotmar, Josef; Kuna, Jaroslav; Šechtlová, Marie, ''Rendezvou s Paříží'', Prague: Odeon 1988. * Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Pelhřimov'' Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1992. * Tecl, Rudolf; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Tábor'' Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1992. * Bumerl, Jiří; Čap, Josef; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Jordán 1492-1992: Tábor: hráz'' Tábor: Okresní úřad, 1992. * Trčka, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Hrady a zámky Jižních Čech'' Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1993. * Trčka, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, ''Hrady a zámky Jižních Čech'' České Budějovice: ATIKA, 1994. * Froněk, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; et al., ''Vítejte na Prachaticku'' Prachatice: Region Prachatice, 1997.

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Digital archive project of Šechtl & Voseček studios

at Šechtl & Voseček homepage

Marie Šechtlová: Life with Photography From glass plates to computers

Marie Šechtlová: Photographic stories
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presentation of Marie Šechtlová {{DEFAULTSORT:Sechtlova, Marie 1928 births 2008 deaths People from Chomutov Czech photographers Czech women photographers

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