Who created "Staircase of Old Prague"?

Staircase of Old Prague was created by Jaromír Funke in c. 1922.

When was "Staircase of Old Prague" created?

This artwork was created c. 1922.

What medium is "Staircase of Old Prague"?

Staircase of Old Prague is gelatin silver print.

Is "Staircase of Old Prague" in the public domain?

Yes, Staircase of Old Prague is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Staircase of Old Prague

Jaromír Funke

c. 1922

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 23.6 x 26.1 cm (9 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.) mount: 49.7 x 40.4 cm (19 9/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Department

CPH

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.1.7

Art Historical Context

Step into the shadowy elegance of Jaromír Funke's *Staircase of Old* (c. 192), a captivating gelatin silver print that captures the poetry of Czechoslovakia's historic capital during the interwar period. Funke, a pioneering photographer (1896–1945), pictorialism and modernism, drawing inspiration from avant-garde movements like cubism and New Objectivity. This image exemplifies his early fascination with urban, transforming a mundane staircase a study of light, shadow, form amid Prague's medieval charm. Printed in gelatin silver—a medium prized for its crisp detail and rich tonal range—the ph...

Staircase of Old Prague

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