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), and Ludvik Dvorak (1891-1969) and Josef Sudek (1896-1976) in 1924. The group was heavily influenced by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) and his circle of photographers.
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. 8/21/1988; Chicago Tribune, p292.
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