# Marie Šechtlová

Marie Šechtlová (25 March 1928 Chomutov – 5 July 2008 Prague) was a Czech photographer, one of the proponents of the "poetry of everyday" style.

## Chronology

| Year | |
| 1928 (25.3) | Marie Kokešová born in Chomutov, daughter of clerk Jan Kokeš and his wife Františka. |
| 1938 | Kokeš family moved to Tábor. |
| 1947 | Marie matriculated from Tábor High School. |
| 1948 (15.5) | Married Josef Šechtl. |
| 1950 | Completed apprenticeship in photography, at photographic studio of Šechtl and Voseček in Tábor (founded 1876). |
| 1952 (17.3) | Daughter Marie Michaela born. |
| 1953 | Šechtl and Voseček studio nationalised by the Communist government. |
| 1958 | Movie “Moon” presented at UNICA international festival, in Ems, Germany. |
| 1961 | Series of photographs accompanying poem by Jan Noha, published in “Photography Revue”. Nominated for membership of Union of Czechoslovak Artists. |
| 1963 | Trip to Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev with group of professional Czech artists. |
| 1964 | Trips to Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and United States. |
| 1965 | Admitted to Membership of Union of Czechoslovak Artists. |
| 1967 | Marie Šechtlová’s hands severely burned by X-rays in medical accident. |
| 1975 | Participation in competition, “Woman Behind the Camera” (in years 1975, 1976 and 1977). |
| 1989 | Books “Paris”, with text by Jiří Mucha, and “Historical Firearms”, were prepared for printing, but because of political upheavals, were never published. Exhibition “Anthology”, in Tábor. |
| 2008 | (July 5) Died in Prague. |

### Awards

* 1957 Marie Šechtlová and Josef Šechtl won second prize in national amateur movie competition, in the category “Movie Poetry”, for the movie “Moon”.
* 1960 First prize in national competition of Photography Association, in Artistic Photography category, for the cycle “Come to Mama, Darling”.
* 1961 First and second prizes in competition of Photography Association for the series “Almanac 1960”, and for “Boys of Our Street”.
* 1962 First prize at Exhibition of Czechoslovak Art Photography in Sevastopol. First prize in Reportage category for the series “One to Another”, in competition of Photography Association.
* 1963 First prize for a series of photographs, “The Face of the Earth”. First prize for a series of photographs, “Rain Song”, in exhibition “Great Friendship”.
* 1965 Third and fourth prizes in Photographic Art competition in East Germany.
* 1965 Special prize in competition in magazine “Mladý svět”, “Unknown Beauties of Czechoslovakia”, prize a two-week trip to East Germany and Denmark.

### Exhibitions

* 1961 First exhibition in ZK Jiskra, in Tábor.
* 1961 Exhibition in Halle, Germany.
* 1963 Exhibitions in Kunštát Palace in Brno; in Chrudim; in Uherské Hradiště; in Luhačovice; and in Gottwaldow.
* 1964 Exhibition and catalogue in House of Arts in České Budějovice; in Tábor; in Soběslav; and in Písek.
* 1965 Exhibition in Mladá Fronta gallery in Prague. Exhibition “Wystawa Fotografiky Marii Šechtlovej”, in [Warsaw], [Poland].
* 1966 Exhibition in Brussels.
* 1966 Traveling exhibition in Cairo, Alexandria and Berlin.
* 1966 Exhibitions in [Paris], and in [České Budějovice]. Exhibition “South Bohemia” in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Tábor.
* 1967 First joint exhibition of Marie and Josef Šechtl in Prague and other cities.
* 1967 Exhibition of Marie Šechtlová and A. Robinsonová in Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.
* 1967 Exhibitions in Cheb, and in Vimperk.
* 1979 Exhibition M. and J. Šechtl in Tábor theatre.
* 1980 Exhibition “Metamorphoses of Tábor from Archive of Three Generations”, in Tábor Cultural Centre.
* 1982 Exhibition “Colour Photography”, by M. and J. Šechtl in Písek District Museum.
* 1987 Exhibition “Colour Photography”, in Dačice.
* 2003 Exhibition “Review and Dreamy Return, Photos and Computer Graphics of M. Šechtlová”, in Sezimovo Ústí.
* 2005 Exhibition “Five Generations of Šechtl Family, Photography and Graphics”, in Písek Museum.
* 2006 Exhibition “Five Generations of Šechtl Family”, in [Prostějov].
* 2007 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photographic stories“ in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography in Tábor and Médiathèque Dole in France.
* 2008 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Life with Photography“ in Šechtl and Voseček Museum of Photography in Tábor.
* 2010 Exhibition “Marie Šechtlová: Photography 1960-1970" in Leica Gallery Prague in Prague.
* 2010 Exhibition "Marie Šechtlová: Czech in the U.S." in American center in Prague in Prague.
* 2010 Exhibition "Marie Šechtlová & Josef Šechtl, Life with Photography." in Municipak Museum in Blatná in Blatná.

## Publications

* Štych, Jiří, Děti kapitána Kohla: reportáž z nedávné minulosti České Budéjovice: Krajské nakladatelství České Buďéjovice 1961.
* (in Czech) Noha, Jan; Šechtlová, Marie, Všechny oči, Prague: Státní nakladatelství 1964.
* (in Czech) Noha, Jan; Šechtlová, Marie, Praha na listu růže, Prague: Orbis 1966.
* (in Czech) Holub, Miroslav; Fuková, Eva; Novotný, Miloň, New York, Prague: Mladá fronta 1966.
* (in Czech) et al., Ze Šrámkova Písku Písek, Městský národní výbor 1967.
* (in Czech) Mixa, Robert; Bauerl Jan, Šechtlová, Marie, Tábor a okolí, České Budějovice: Nakladatelství České Buďějovice 1967.
* (in Czech) Kožík František; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Praha, Prague: pressfoto 1972.
* (in Czech) Grünfeld, Josef; Šechtlová, Marie; et al., Jindřichohradecko, Jindřichův Hradec: Okresní národní výbor 1973.
* (in Czech) Michl, Karel; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Hradec Králové: k sedmsetpadesátému výročí zalození města a třicátému výroči osvobození sovětskou armádou v roce MCMLXXV, Hradec Králové, Osveta 1976.
* (in Czech) Stehlíková, Blanka, Leningrad Prague: Odeon 1977.
* (in Czech) Malík, Jan; Dvořák, J., V.; Šechtlová, Marie, Šechtl, Josef, Svét loutek: loutky ze sbírek Muzea loutkářských kultur v Chrudimi, Hradec Králové: Kruh 1978.
* (in Czech) Drda, Miloš; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Muzeum husitského revolučního hnutí v Táboře: expozice husité, Prague: Pressfoto 1979.
* (in Czech) Korčák, Pavel; et al.; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef., Tábor: Národní kulturní památka, Praha: Panorama 1979.
* (in Czech) Svatoň, Jaroslav; Josef Šechtl; Šechtlová, Marie, Tábor: Národní kulturní památka, Tábor: Okresní národní výbor 1979.
* (in Czech) Marhoun, Jan, Jitex - 30 let práce pro socialismus, Praha: Práce 1979.
* (in Czech) Collective from art-history department of Regional center for historical care and preservation of nature in České Budějovice, Jihočeská klenotnice České Budéjovice: Jihočeské nakladatelství 1981.
* (in Czech) Štara, Antonín; Šechtlová, Marie, Galerie Klenová Prague: Pressfoto 1981.
* (in Czech) Kuthan, Jiří; Horyna, Mojmír; Muchka, Ivan; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Jižní Čechy: krajina, historie, umělecké památky, Prague: Panorama 1982.
* (in Czech) Klíma, Jaroslav; Texler, Václav; Postl, Radomír; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Písek a Písecko, Písek: Městské kulturní středisko 1983.
* (in Czech) Šmejkal, František, Zdeněk Sklenář, Prague: Odeon 1984.
* (in Czech) Krajný, Miroslav; Karel Stehlík, Prague: Odeon 1986.
* (in Czech) Hotmar, Josef; Kuna, Jaroslav; Šechtlová, Marie, Rendezvou s Paříží, Prague: Odeon 1988.
* (in Czech) Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Pelhřimov Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1992.
* (in Czech) Tecl, Rudolf; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Tábor Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1992.
* (in Czech) Bumerl, Jiří; Čap, Josef; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Jordán 1492-1992: Tábor: hráz Tábor: Okresní úřad, 1992.
* (in Czech) Trčka, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Hrady a zámky Jižních Čech Prague: ČTK-Pressfoto, 1993.
* (in Czech) Trčka, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; Šechtl, Josef, Hrady a zámky Jižních Čech České Budějovice: ATIKA, 1994.
* (in Czech) Froněk, Miroslav; Šechtlová, Marie; et al., Vítejte na Prachaticku Prachatice: Region Prachatice, 1997.