Difference between revisions of "Irena Blühová"
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==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
− | Iva Mojžišová, ''Irena Blühová'', Martin: Osveta, 1991, 35 pp, 97 b&w photos. (German/Slovak) [http://www.antikbuddha.com/english/article_show.php?article_id=31&category=10] [http://books.google.com/books/about/Irena_Bl%C3%BChov%C3%A1.html?id=WNNfAAAACAAJ] | + | * Iva Mojžišová, ''Irena Blühová'', Martin: Osveta, 1991, 35 pp, 97 b&w photos. (German/Slovak) [http://www.antikbuddha.com/english/article_show.php?article_id=31&category=10] [http://books.google.com/books/about/Irena_Bl%C3%BChov%C3%A1.html?id=WNNfAAAACAAJ] |
* Dana Lacková, [http://www.snk.sk/swift_data/source/casopis_kniznica/2004/april/206.pdf "Fotografka všedních dní Irena Blühová"], ''Knižnica'', April 2004, pp 206-207. | * Dana Lacková, [http://www.snk.sk/swift_data/source/casopis_kniznica/2004/april/206.pdf "Fotografka všedních dní Irena Blühová"], ''Knižnica'', April 2004, pp 206-207. | ||
* Short bio: [[Media:Bluhova-1.png|part 1]], [[Media:Bluhova-2.png|Part 2]]. | * Short bio: [[Media:Bluhova-1.png|part 1]], [[Media:Bluhova-2.png|Part 2]]. |
Revision as of 15:15, 6 January 2013
Photo: Irena Blühová, 1931-32. | |
Born |
March 2, 1904 Považská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary |
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Died |
November 30, 1991 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | (aged 87)
Photographer. She began photographing in 1924, focusing on everyday life in Slovak countryside. Studied photography and typography under Walter Peterhans at Bauhaus Dessau (1931-33). With the school closed by the Nazis, she returned to Bratislava, where she ran a bookshop. With her friends from leftist intellectual circles, she founded the Sociofoto group. Later she studied at Karel Plicka's film school in Bratislava, and taught at the School of Arts and Crafts. John Heartfield used her works in his photomontages.
Works
Pokusy o Peterhansa s dvoma negatívmi nad sebou, from Bauhaus - Desau cycle, 1931-32. (source)
Cleaning Lady at the Bauhaus, 1932. (source)
Literature
- Iva Mojžišová, Irena Blühová, Martin: Osveta, 1991, 35 pp, 97 b&w photos. (German/Slovak) [1] [2]
- Dana Lacková, "Fotografka všedních dní Irena Blühová", Knižnica, April 2004, pp 206-207.
- Short bio: part 1, Part 2.