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Jaromír Funke (1896–1945) was a Czech photographer associated with the development of avant-garde and modernist photography in Central Europe during the interwar period. He studied law at Charles University in Prague but shifted to photography in the early 1920s, becoming involved with progressive photographic circles. Funke was a founding member of the Czech Photographic Society and later participated in the avant-garde group Devětsil, aligning his work with broader modernist movements in Czechoslovakia.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Funke produced a range of experimental photographic work, including abstract compositions, still lifes, and studies of light and shadow. His series Abstract Photo (1927) and subsequent “light compositions” explored geometric form, reflection, and spatial construction using everyday objects arranged in controlled studio environments. Alongside this experimental practice, he also produced documentary work, including architectural studies and social photography, particularly during his later teaching years in Bratislava and Prague.

Funke held teaching positions at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava and later at the State Graphic School in Prague, where he contributed to photographic education and theory. His work was published in contemporary photographic journals and exhibited within European modernist networks. His archive, comprising negatives, prints, and theoretical writings, has been preserved in Czech institutional collections and is regarded as a significant contribution to the development of modernist photographic practice in the early twentieth century.

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