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Vilém Heckel
Vilém Heckel (21 May 1918 in Plzeň – 1970 Ancash earthquake, 31 May 1970 in Huascarán) was a Czechs, Czech photographer. He devoted himself mainly to landscape photography, with special focus on the photography of mountains. In 1970, he died at Huascarán, Peru. Vilém Heckel was one of the founders of the genre of industrial and promotional photography in Czechoslovakia. Life Heckel studied to be a photographer in the portrait atelier of Josef Chmelík in Plzeň, his home city. His artistic beginnings were focused on industrial photography. From 1937 to 1939, he was an employee of the Prague company ''Indusfoto'', but later he became interested in theatre photography and photojournalism. He changed his place of work to the ateliers of ''Karel Drbohlav'' and ''Illek and Paul''. He also spent a part of his early career as a photographer in Zbrojovka Brno. In 1949 he became a member of the ''Svaz československých výtvarných umělců'' (Union of Czechoslovak Visual Artists) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of Prague, at the confluence of four rivers: Mže, Úhlava, Úslava and Radbuza, together forming the Berounka River. Founded as a royal city in the late 13th century, Plzeň became an important town for trade on routes linking Bohemia with Bavaria. By the 14th century it had grown to be the third largest city in Bohemia. The city was besieged three times during the 15th-century Hussite Wars, when it became a centre of resistance against the Hussites. During the Thirty Years' War in the early 17th century the city was temporarily occupied after the Siege of Plzeň. In the 19th century, the city rapidly industrialised and became home to the Škoda Works, which became one of the most important engineering companies in Austria-Hungary and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
