Biography
1896 born in Kolin, Bohemia. 1911–1913 learns trade of bookbinding; first attempts at photography. 1915–1920 military service, right arm wounded and amputated; decides to become photographer. 1920 becomes member of Amateur Photography Club. 1922 studies photography with Karel Novak at School of Graphic Arts in Prague. 1924 founder, with Jaromír Funke and other avant-garde photographers, of the Czech Photographic Society. 1924–1928 series "Contrasts" on reconstruction of St. Vitus Cathedral; earns title of Official Photographer of the City of Prague. 1928–1936 commercial work in his studio, landscapes and views of Prague with Moholy-Nagy, Heartfield, Man Ray, Rodchenko and others. 1940–1945 discovers contact printing and ceases to enlarge; continues panorama of Prague and countryside, begins "Window of my Atelier" series, "Labyrinths". 1945–1960 photographs "The Magic Garden" and "The Garden of the Lady Sculptor" series. Died in 1976.
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
Labyrinth of Glass, c. 1960-1970
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
28,5 x 23,5 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
Bread, Egg and Glass, 1950
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
15,5 x 11,7 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
from "The Window of my Atelier“, 1940-1954
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
27 x 23 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
The Last Rose, 1966
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
27 x 20 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
The Painter Václav Sivko, 1955
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
17,7 x 13 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
The Magic Garden, 1954-1959
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
8 x 11 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
After a Summer Shower, 1954-1959
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
17 x 12,5 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
Walk on Kampa Island, 1947
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
9 x 29 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
Walk on the Bank of the Elbe, c. 1960
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
6 x 14 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
JOSEF SUDEK (1896–1976)
Sunday Afternoon, 1950-1956
gelatin silver print, printed 1982
28,5 x 22,5 cm
© Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Cologne 1982 / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
