Andreas Groll (1812–1872): Unknown Photographer 16. 2. 2016 – 8. 5. 2016

This exhibition will provide the first complex overview of the works by the Austrian photographer, Andreas Groll (1812–1872), who is significant for the history of Czech photography as the author of the first series of pictures of Prague, Plzeň and Kutná Hora. He worked several times in the Bohemian Kingdom, provably in 1856 and 1865 (although some of his shots are also dated 1855 and 1866), and, in the 1860s, again photographed Prague and Kutná Hora and then also the cities of Kolín, Rožmberk and Lednice. His are often the earliest images ever taken of the given sites.

Andreas Groll, view of Charles Bridge from the Malá Strana, 1855 or 1856, albumin photography, Institute of Art History of the ASCR
Andreas Groll, view of Charles Bridge from the Malá Strana, 1855 or 1856, albumin photography, Institute of Art History of the ASCR
Andreas Groll, cross flower from the dome of St. Štěpán in Vienna before its transfer to the south tower August 18, 1864, 1864, albumin photography, Institute of Art History of the ASCR
Andreas Groll, cross flower from the dome of St. Štěpán in Vienna before its transfer to the south tower August 18, 1864, 1864, albumin photography, Institute of Art History of the ASCR
Andreas Groll, detail of the loggia of the Royal Summer Palace in Prague, 1856 or 1864, albumin photography, Institute of Art History of the ASCR
Andreas Groll, detail of the loggia of the Royal Summer Palace in Prague, 1856 or 1864, albumin photography, Institute of Art History of the ASCR