Karel Hájek (22 January 1900, in Lásenice – 31 March 1978, in Prague) was a Czechoslovak photographer[1] who was represented by Schostal Photo Agency (Agentur Schostal).[2]
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Among his best known photographs is the one of Klement Gottwald and Vladimir Clementis on a balcony in 1948 from which Clementis was later erased.[3]
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German writer Louis Fürnberg giving a speech in front of the portraits of Klement Gottwald and Joseph Stalin -
Soviet Marshal Ivan Koniev in the Liberation of Prague, 1945
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- ^ Časopis Národního muzea v Praze: Řada historická - Volumes 173 à 175 - Page 123 Národní muzeum v Praze - 2004 "ČASOPIS NÁRODNÍHO MUZEA - řada historická 175 • 3^*2006 Fotoarchiv Karla Hájka v Archivu Národního muzea Milena Béličová Karel Hájek se narodil 22. ledna 1900 v Lásenici nad Nežárkou č. 1 1 jako syn hostinského Ondřeje Hájka.
- ^ Rebecca Madamba (2008) The Schostal Agency: A Finding Aid for the Schostal Agency Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Thesis of the Honours Bachelors of Arts, Studies in Arts and Culture, Concentration in Curatorial Studies, Brock University.
- ^ "March 31: The photographer who vanished". On This Date in Photography: by James Mcardle. 30 March 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2023.