Jan Lauschmann and Czechoslovak photography

Abstract

In the history of photography there have been a few personalities (for example, Henry Fox Talbot, Oskar Barnack, Adolf Niethe, etc.) who achieved important technological advances in the laboratory, as well as being active practitioners of the art. Jan Lauschmann is such an individual. As a professor of photographic chemistry and manufacturing technology of sensitive materials at the Technical University of Brno, he has played a significant role in the development of the modern photochemical industry in Czechoslovakia. He is also a skilled photographer, who has taken an active part in the foundation of contemporary Czechoslovak photography¹.