Moravská gobelínová manufaktura
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Established | 1898 |
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Location | Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 49°28′12.7″N 17°58′5.8″E / 49.470194°N 17.968278°E |
Type | Tapestry |
Director | Jan T. Sryček |
Website | www |
The Moravská gobelínová manufaktura (MGM), is a
The workshop, textile manufactory and museum, is also well known for its collaborative works with Czech artists and architects. Its main focus is deeply rooted in preserving the principal technical methods of fine manual work.[3] The manufactory and school of Gobelin tapestry idealized by painter and tapestry designer Rudolf Schlattauer, has now been in activity for more than one hundred years.
History
The first stage in the history of the Moravská gobelínová manufaktura in Valašské Meziříčí dates back to the 19th century, when the author Rudolf Schlattauer materialized his idea of opening a tapestry-weaving
Collaboration
During its initial years, however, the plant confronted difficulties, particularly of economic type. The protracted problems with sales of the product led to the request for official funding support, which ultimately resulted in the manufactory's takeover by the Moravian Regional Committee, followed by its transformation into the Jubilee Regional Tapestry and Carpet School, located in Valašské Meziříčí. Artistically, the school's initial period is associated with textile designs created by its director Rudolf Schlattauer: his tapestries, screens and furniture upholstery feature Art Nouveau motifs, shapes and ornamentation. Of equal importance was the Valašské Meziříčí manufactory's collaboration with Czech painter Hanuš Schwaiger, Schlattauer's fellow student from the Vienna Academy. The factory produced tapestries based on Schwaiger's decorative patterns, and their variations were much more in demand in later years. The woven wall tapestry as well as the manufactory's second main article, the hand-knotted carpet, were perceived as potential style-forming components in the decoration of interior spaces and as such inspired the manufactory to turn to architects. These included Dušan Jurkovič, Jan Kotěra and a large number of their students and followers, many of whom were engaged at the School for Fine Woodworking in Valašské Meziříčí after their Prague studies. The fabrics produced under the directorship of Schlattauer's successor Jaro Kučera are characterized, in terms of style, by a decorativism Art Deco idiom and, thematically, by an espousal of figural subjects related to the newly established Czechoslovakia — to those of work and life in the young republic.
In the 20th century
The creative partnership between the tapestry establishment and visual artists, through which paintings were translated into textile form, continued to flourish; tapestries were woven from designs by artists
See also
References
- ISSN 0043-2210
- ^ "Moravian Wallachia". Tapestry workshop in Valašské Meziříčí. CzechTourism.cz. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ PhDr. Kateřina Tlachová. "The Moravian Gallery in 2003" (PDF). Moravska Galerie. p. 16. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ISBN 0-7190-4161-9
- ^ Unknown (2005). "The Reception of British Art in Central Europec. 1900" (PDF). Historians of German & Central European Art & Architecture. p. 13. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ Evan Deterling (2008). "Ghosting - Part One". The Journal of Downscale Living. Evanonearth.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
Further reading
- The Language of Fibers by Jan T. Strýček, Miluška Trachtová, Pavel Šopák"The Language of Fibers". The Moravian Tapestry Manufactory in Valašské Meziříčí 1898—1938. Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
External links
- Moravská gobelínová manufaktura on Virtual Travel Globe
- Moravská gobelínová manufaktura on Seznam.cz