František Drtikol | Symbolist /Visionary photographer

František Drtikol (3 March 1883, Příbram - 13 January 1961, Prague) was a Czech photographer of international renown. He is especially known for his characteristically epic photographs and portraits.

From 1907-1910 he had his own studio, until 1935 he operated an important portrait photostudio in Prague on the fourth floor of one of Prague's remarkable buildings, a Baroque corner house at 9 Vodičkova, now demolished. Jaroslav Rössler, an important avant-garde photographer, was one of his pupils.