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The Devětsil was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in 1920 in Prague. From 1923 on there was also an active group in Brno. The movement discontinued its activities in 1930 (1927 in Brno). | The Devětsil was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in 1920 in Prague. From 1923 on there was also an active group in Brno. The movement discontinued its activities in 1930 (1927 in Brno). | ||
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* [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]] | * [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]] | ||
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| − | * [http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Author?author=Devětsil Devětsil | + | * [http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Author?author=Devětsil Devětsil in Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library] |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev%C4%9Btsil Devětsil at Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev%C4%9Btsil Devětsil at Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 10:46, 17 August 2014
The Devětsil was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in 1920 in Prague. From 1923 on there was also an active group in Brno. The movement discontinued its activities in 1930 (1927 in Brno).
Founded as U. S. Devětsil (Umělecký Svaz Devětsil) [Devětsil Artistic Federation], its name was changed several times. From 1925, it was called the Svaz moderní kultury Devětsil [the Devětsil Union of Modern Culture].
The artistic output of its members was varied, but typically focused on magic realism, proletkult, and, from 1923, Poetism, an artistic program formulated by Vítězslav Nezval and Karel Teige.
The group was very active in organizing the Czech art scene of the period. Members published several art magazines - ReD (Revue Devětsilu), Disk and Pásmo, as well as occasional anthologies (most importantly Devětsil and Život) and organized several exhibitions.
Literature
- Jaroslav Bílek, Oleg Sus, "O vzniku brněnského Devětsilu (z dějin avantgardní umělecké organizace)", Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity 15:D13, 1966, pp 117-124. (in Czech)
- Iva Gajdošíková, "Avantgarda jako kritika, akce a politika : politická orientace brněnské avantgardy - její projevy a důsledky", in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity 2:O2, 2005, pp 95-126. (in Czech)
- Aurèle Letricot, "Devetsil et ses revues. l'avant-garde du Toit de l'Europe", La revue des revues 40 (2007). (in French)
- Theses on Devětsil from Masaryk University (in Czech)
See also
- Periodicals: ReD, Disk, Pásmo, Levá fronta.
- Karel Teige
- Czech_Republic#Avant-garde
