Bohumila Bloudilová (19 March 1876 –[1] 11 August 1946) was a Czech portrait photographer and cousin of Josef Sudek.[2]

Bohumila Bloudilová
Bohumila Bloudilová circa 1900, photograph by František Krátký; Scheufler Collection
Born(1876-03-18)18 March 1876
Ceske Vrbne, Austria-Hungary
Died11 August 1946(1946-08-11) (aged 70)
NationalityCzech
Known forPhotography

Her father Jan married Anna Sudkova on 15 February 1873. From 1894, she worked in the František Krátký photography studio in Cologne, where she also studied. Since 1906, aged 30, she operated her own studio in Kolín.[3]

The studio had an area of about sixty square meters, a contemporary period studio furnished for daylight photography, with a glass wall facing north. The studio ceased to operate on 1 July 1932.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 21.07.15".
  2. ^ a b KOVAŘÍKOVÁ, Naďa. Trade photography in Cologne from the beginning to the 1950s, Master's thesis [1]. Opava: Institute of Creative Photography Opava [cit. 13/10/2019]
  3. ^ "Pavel Scheufler - Fotografové". Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2019-10-13.