부산대학교 도서관

(b Skuteč, Aug 1, 1896; d Prague, March 22, 1945). Czech photographer and theorist. Together with Josef Sudek and Jaroslav Rössler he was one of the most important representatives of Czech avant-garde photography of the 1920s and 1930s. He studied medicine, law, and philosophy at Charles University in Prague and at the University of Bratislava but did not graduate. As an amateur photographer from 1920 he promoted ‘pure’ photography instead of traditional refined prints resembling the graphic arts and painting. A professional freelance photographer from 1922, he was a leader of the young opposition movement in photography, who founded the Czech Society of Photography (1924) and who wanted photography to fulfil new social functions. In his work Funke managed to combine some of the leading tendencies of European photography between the two World Wars, uniting Constructivism and Functionalism with Surrealism and social commentary. At the same time he managed to retain traditional Czech lyrical qualities. His work was rational, communicative, inventive in design, and emotionally effective. A typical feature is his use of the dynamic diagonal....