From the Cycle Time Persists
Jaromír Funke (Biography)

From the Cycle Time Persists
Technique:
Size: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.
Year: 1930-34, vintage

Czech, 1896-1945
  • Born in Skutec, youth spent in Kolin
  • Interested in photography from a young age; studied law, medicine, aesthetics
  • With Josef Sudek and Adolf Schneeberger, founded the Czech Photographic Society in 1924
  • Taught at Bratislava School of Arts and Crafts, 1931-1935
  • Taught at State School of Graphic Arts in Prague, 1935-1944
Selected Public Collections
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • The Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic
  • Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
  • Umeleckoprumyslove muzeum v Praze (Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague), Czech Republic