Czech Cubism
Years active | c. 1912–1914 |
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Location | Czechoslovakia |
Influences | Cubism |
Influenced | Rondocubism |
Czech Cubism (referred to more generally as Cubo-Expressionism)[1] was an avant-garde art movement of Czech proponents of Cubism, active mostly in Prague from 1912 to 1914. Prague was perhaps the most important center for Cubism outside Paris before the start of World War I.[2][3]
Members
Members of this movement realized the epochal significance of the cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque and attempted to extract its components for their own work in all branches of artistic creativity: sculpture, painting, applied arts and architecture.[citation needed]
The most notable participants in this movement were the painters
After
Concept
Czech Cubists distinguish their work through the construction of sharp points, slicing planes, and crystalline shapes in their art works. These angles allowed the Czech Cubists to incorporate their own trademark in the avant-garde art group of Modernism. They believed that objects carried their own inner energy which could only be released by splitting the horizontal and vertical surfaces that restrain the conservative design and “ignore the needs of the human soul.” It was a way to revolt from the typical art scene in the early 1900s in Europe. This evolved into a new art movement, referred to generally as Cubo-Expressionism; combining the fragmentation of form seen in Cubism with the emotionalism of Expressionism.[4]
History
Czech Cubism developed between 1911 and 1914.[5] It was a contemporary development of functionalism generated by architects and designers in Prague. Fifteen years later, the first concept of cubism itself was written off as a decorative purpose, a replacement of secessionism and mistaken departure into ‘aestheticism’ and ‘individualism’. On the contrary, it was a revolt against traditional values of realism.
Czech Cubism was first conceal by the Modern Movement and masked by the aesthetic dictates of Stalinist and post-Stalinist culture in Czechoslovakia. After the
Exhibitions
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (UPM) uses the House of the Black Madonna as a permanent exhibition space for Czech Cubist art.[6]
Gallery
Painting and sculpture
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Bohumil Kubišta, 1911, Dvojnik
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Antonín Procházka, 1911, Prometheus
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Bohumil Kubišta, 1912, Saint Sebastian, National Gallery Prague
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Josef Čapek, 1913, Piják
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Josef Čapek, 1920, African King, National Gallery Prague
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Otto Gutfreund, 1912–13, Cellista (Cello player), Museum Kampa, Prague
Architecture
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Diamant Palace by Emil Králíček (1912–1913)
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Arch with baroque statue, next to the Diamant Palace
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Facades by Otakar Novotný
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Cubist apartment building, Vyšehrad č. p. 98, by Josef Chochol (1913–1914)
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Thermal baths in Lázně Bohdaneč by Josef Gočár (1911–1913)
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Kovařovicova villa by Chochol (1912–1913)
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Kovařovicova villa, street side
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Cubist building by Chochol
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Bauer Villa by Gočár (1912–1914)
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Cubist chapel by Králíček (1913–1914)
See also
References and sources
- References
- ISBN 0313334129
- ^ Sadakat Kadri, Prague, Cadogan, Jun 20, 1991
- ISBN 0714832502
- ISBN 0199239657
- ^ s.r.o., NETservis. "Czech Cubism and Its Representatives". Czech cubism. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ^ s.r.o., NETservis. "Czech cubism". Czech cubism. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- Sources
- The Czech Cubism Foundation (in English)
- What is Czech Cubism? (in English)
- Von Vegesack, Alexander, ed. Czech Cubism: Architecture, Furniture, Decorative Arts. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press, 1992.
- Journal of Design History (in English)
- Toman, Jindrich. Czech Cubism and the Book: The Modern Czech Book. New York: Kant Publications, 2011.