Miroslav Hák (9 May 1911, in
Nová Paka,
Bohemia
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– 29 June 1978, in
Prague
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) was a Czechoslovak photographer. He was one of the members of
Group 42
Group 42 () was a Czech Republic, Czech artistic group officially established on November 27, 1942 (though its roots date to 1938–1939, forming in 1940). The group's activity ceased in 1948 (banned by the government at the time), but its influ ...
.
Miroslav Hak was one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Czech modern photography and ranked among the innerly rich and actually never fully recognized and recognizable personalities in the sphere of art.
He studied under his father, the photographer František Hák. Between 1925 and 1931 Hák worked as a photographer in Prague on publications including ''
Pestrý týden
''Pestrý týden'' was a Czech language, Czech illustrated weekly magazine published from 2 November 1926 to 28 April 1945, during the First Czechoslovak Republic, First and Second Czechoslovak Republics and during the Protectorate of Bohemia and ...
'' and in Bratislava.
In 1937 he joined the avant-garde D34 Theatre of Prague as a photographer and from 1940 he worked in the film industry.
Between 1942 and 1948 Miroslav Hák associated with the Prague-based Group 42, which united avant-garde Czech photographers. From 1954 he served as a photographer at the Institute of Art Theory and History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
References
Bibliography
*Jan Kříže: ''Miroslav Hák'', Pressfoto, Praha 1981, Evid. číslo: 31238-6257
*Jiří Kolář: ''Miroslav Hák'', fotografie z let 1940–1958, edice Umělecké fotografie, svazek 2, SNKLHU, Praha, 1959
External links
ARTMUZEUM.cz Miroslav HákMiroslav Hák Exhibition
Letohrádek Portheimka, Prague, 28.09.2011
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1911 births
1978 deaths
Czechoslovak photographers
Portrait photographers
Group 42
People from Nová Paka