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Group 42
Group 42 ( cs, Skupina 42) was a Czech artistic group officially established in 1942 (although its roots date to 1938–1939, forming in 1940). The group's activity ceased in 1948, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still evident in further years. This group was mainly influenced by civilism, cubism, futurism, constructivism, and a bit by surrealism. Their work revealed a characteristic fascination with technology, evident in their frequent focus on cities, factories, industry, and machines. The human characters are generally common townspeople. The article ''The World We Live In'' (Czech ''Svět, v němž žijeme'') by Jindřich Chalupecký provided Group 42's primary theoretical foundation. Members Poets *Ivan Blatný *Jan Hanč *Jiřina Hauková *Josef Kainar * Jiří Kolář (also a visual artist) Painters *František Gross *František Hudeček * Jan Kotík *Kamil Lhoták *Bohumír Matal *Jan Smetana *Karel Souček Carver *Ladislav Zívr Photograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kotik (artist)
Jan Kotík (4 January 1916 in Turnov, Austria-Hungary – 23 March 2002 in Berlin, Germany) was a Czech artist active from the 1940s. Kotik was a member of Skupina 42 during World War II. Following the war his art was influenced by Chinese calligraphy. In 1956 he attended the Congress of Alba and signed up to the ''Final Resolution of the Alba Congress''. His son is the musician Petr Kotík and his grandson was Jan Jakub Kotík Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist and rock drummer. Life ''Jan Jakub'' was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art ''Charlotta Kotík,'' who emigrated to the United States in .... References External links Artist profile and collection of works at Mutual ArtKotik profile at Jiri Svestka gallery 1916 births 2002 deaths Czech artists Group 42 People from Turnov Czechoslovak artists {{CzechRepublic-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prague Post
''The Prague Post'' was an English language newspaper covering the Czech Republic and Central and Eastern Europe which published its first weekly issue on October 1, 1991. It published a printed edition weekly until July 2013, when it dropped the printed product but continued to produce online material. (The current website located at PraguePost.com has no affiliation with the original newspaper.) In 2016 the Prague Post filed for bankruptcy. The Prague Post’s archives are available at https://archive.org/. Compared to other Prague-based English newspapers, Prognosis 1991-1995 and Prague Pill 2001-2003 —the Prague Post was the longest running English-language newspaper in the Czech Republic. Its target audience included English-speaking expatriates living in the Czech Republic or neighboring countries, Czech readers seeking news from an international perspective and tourists visiting the Czech Republic. With a print run of about 19,000 copies, The Prague Post reached approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Lindt
Naomi or Naomie may refer to: People and biblical figures * Naomi (given name), a female given name and a list of people with the name * Naomi (biblical figure), Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth * Naomi (Romanian singer) (born 1977), a.k.a. Naomy * Naomi (wrestler) (born 1987), professional wrestler * Terra Naomi, American indie folk singer-songwriter Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * Naomi, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '' 17 Again'' * Naomi Bohannon, a character in the TV series ''Hell on Wheels'' * Naomi, Florida, a fictional town in the Kate DiCamillo novel ''Because of Winn-Dixie'' * Naomi Turner, a character in the American animated television series ''Elena of Avalor'' Music * Naomi Awards, a former British music award * ''Naomi'' (album), by American band The Cave Singers * "Naomi" (song), by Neutral Milk Hotel Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Naomi'' (novel), a 1924 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki * ''Nao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leszek Engelking
Leszek Engelking (2 February 1955 – 22 October 2022) was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer. Engelking translated a vast amount of literature into Polish, from Spanish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovak but in particular from Czech. Biography Education, editorial, and academic career Engelking was born in Bytom in 1955 and spent his childhood in Upper Silesia. In 1979, Engelking graduated from Warsaw University, he received his doctorate in 2002 and postdoctoral degree in 2013. From 1984 to 1995, he was a member of an editorial staff of "Literatura na Świecie" ("Literature in the World"), a Polish monthly devoted to foreign literature. From 1997 to 1998, he was a lecturer at Warsaw University and a visiting professor at Palacký University, Olomouc (Czech Republic). He taught at the University of Łódź. Literary Memberships Engelking was a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Kotalík
Jiří Kotalík (22 July 1920 – 26 January 1996) was a Czech art historian and director of the National Gallery in Prague between 1967 and 1990. He was one of the members of Group 42 Group 42 ( cs, Skupina 42) was a Czech artistic group officially established in 1942 (although its roots date to 1938–1939, forming in 1940). The group's activity ceased in 1948, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still .... Kotalík remained at the National Gallery until his retirement in 1990. References 1920 births 1996 deaths Writers from Prague Charles University alumni Group 42 Czechoslovak historians Herder Prize recipients Czechoslovak writers {{Europe-art-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Hák
Miroslav Hák (9 May 1911, in Nová Paka, Bohemia – 29 June 1978, in Prague) was a Czechoslovak photographer. He was one of the members of Group 42. Miroslav Hak was one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Czech modern photography and ranked among the innerly rich and actually never fully recognized and recognizable personalities in the sphere of art. He studied under his father, the photographer František Hák. Between 1925 and 1931 Hák worked as a photographer in Prague on publications including ''Pestrý týden'' and in Bratislava. In 1937 he joined the avant-garde D34 Theatre of Prague as a photographer and from 1940 he worked in the film industry. Between 1942 and 1948 Miroslav Hák associated with the Prague-based Group 42, which united avant-garde Czech photographers. From 1954 he served as a photographer at the Institute of Art Theory and History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. References Bibliography *Jan Kříže: ''Miroslav Hák'', Pressfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Zívr
Ladislav Zívr (23 May 1909 – 4 September 1980) was a Czech sculptor. Zívr was born in Nová Paka and died in Ždírec (a hamlet in Levínská Olešnice), Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). Because of family tradition he attended pottery school, and clay remained his preferred material, although he used other techniques as well, such as mixed media or a combination of gypsum with natural materials. His works were inspired mostly by Cubism and Surrealism. He later attended the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in Prague, where he met with the era's avant-garde artists. He was a member of the Group 42 Group 42 ( cs, Skupina 42) was a Czech artistic group officially established in 1942 (although its roots date to 1938–1939, forming in 1940). The group's activity ceased in 1948, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still ... art group, where he was the only sculptor. External linksShort summary by Czech museum of arts [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohumír Matal
Bohumír Matal (13 February 1922 Brno – 7 July 1988 Prudká at Doubravník) was a Czech painter, one of the youngest members of Group 42. He was a significant celebrity in post-war painting in the 20th century in Brno. Life Bohumír Matal studied 1937–1941 at School of Arts and Crafts in Brno (prof. E. Hrbek, František Václav Süsser). In 1941 he was arrested for antifascist activity and sent to the labor camp Lohbruck, Germany. He worked there in a chain factory. Although he couldn't paint anymore, he wrote letters to his family which he supplemented with illustrations. During his stay in the labor camp he wrote more than 200 letters with black and white pencil illustrations. In 1945 he returned from Germany in an ill health. After his recovery he started to paint again. After having an exhibition with the other young painters in Paris in 1946 he had his separate exhibition. His typical themes were human beings, city, civilization and industrialization - cement plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Lhoták
Kamil Lhoták (25 July 1912 Prague – 22 October 1990, Prague) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. He was one of the members of Group 42. Biography Kamil Lhoták was born on 25 July 1912 in Prague-Holešovice. His mother, Anna Kouglová, met and befriended young medical student Kamil Lhoták at the ball in Žofín. The couple never married but, they produced one child from their long-term relationship. Unequal social status and fears of damaging his career led Lhoták's father to hide his illegitimate son. However, he financially supported him and his mother his whole life. Lhoták Sr. was involved in viral research and experimented with the serum against poliomyelitis. During a rare visit with his family, he infected his young son with this disease. The effects of poliomyelitis deeply influenced Lhoták's health. The relationship between Lhoták father and son was complicated and traumatic. Thanks to his mother, Lhoták became familiar with painting and li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Kolář
Jiří Kolář (24 September 1914, Protivín – 11 August 2002, Prague) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work included both literary and visual art. Life Kolář was born in Protivín on September 29, 1914, in a working-class environment. His father was a baker and his mother a seamstress, and he himself trained early in life as a cabinet maker (which cost him a finger). He later changed trades several times, working as a construction worker, security guard, and bartender, among other jobs. In 1943 he became a full-time writer while living and working in Kladno. He moved to the capital Prague in 1945 to work as an editor of the publishing house Družstvo Dílo. Kolář joined the Communist Party in 1945 but left the Party the same year. Because of his critical stance towards the regime he was not allowed to publish after communists took control in Czechoslovakia in 1948. He married Běla Helclová in 1949. When in 1952 police found his manuscript, ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Literature
Czech literature can refer to literature written in Czech, in the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia, earlier the Lands of the Bohemian Crown), or by Czech people. Most literature in the Czech Republic is now written in Czech, but historically, a considerable part of Czech literary output was written in other languages as well, including Latin and German. Middle Latin works Bohemia was Christianized in the late 9th to 10th centuries, and the earliest written works associated with the kingdom of Bohemia are Middle Latin works written in the 12th to 13th centuries (with the exception of the Latin ''Legend of Christian'', supposedly of the 10th century but of dubious authenticity). The majority of works from this period are chronicles and hagiographies. Bohemian hagiographies focus exclusively on Bohemian saints (Sts. Ludmila, Wenceslas, Procopius, Cyril and Methodius, and Adalbert), although numerous legends about Bohemian saints were also written by foreign authors. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
