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| − | [[Image:Seifert_Jaroslav_Teige_Karel_eds_Devetsil_Revolucni_sbornik.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Seifert_Jaroslav_Teige_Karel_eds_Devetsil_Revolucni_sbornik.jpg|thumb|200px|Jaroslav Seifert, Karel Teige (eds.), ''Devětsil: Revoluční sborník'', Prague, 1922. [[Media:Seifert_Jaroslav_Teige_Karel_eds_Devetsil_Revolucni_sbornik.pdf|Download]] (150 MB).]] |
| − | 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 | + | [[Image:Fronta_1927.jpg|thumb|200px|Halas, Průša, Rossmann, Václavek (eds.), ''Fronta: mezinárodní sborník soudobé aktivity'', Brno, 1927. [http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/imagesbk/FondsDestribatsP258/001/M5050_X0031_DES_P02581927001.pdf Download] (344 MB).]] |
| + | The '''Devětsil''' was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in December 1920 in Prague. From 1923 on there was also an active group 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]. | 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 | + | The group was active in organizing the Czech art scene of the period. Members published several magazines - ''[[ReD]]'' (Revue Devětsilu), ''[[Disk]]'' and ''[[Pásmo]]'', as well as almanacs (most importantly ''Devětsil'' and ''Život'', 1922) and organized several exhibitions. |
| − | The | + | The members included artists, photographers, architects, theoreticans, poets, writers, actors, musicians and film directors, such as [[Karel Teige]], [[Jaroslav Seifert]], [[Vladislav Vančura]], Adolf Hoffmeister, [[Jindřich Štýrský]], [[Toyen]], [[Jaroslav Rösler]], [[Bedřich Václavek]], [[Konstantin Biebl]], [[Vítězslav Nezval]], Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich, [[E.F. Burian]], and many others. |
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| + | In 1927 the Brno section discontinued its activities, followed by the Prague section in 1930. | ||
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| + | ==Publications== | ||
| + | (in Czech unless noted) | ||
| + | ; Magazines | ||
| + | * ''[[Disk]]'', Prague, 1923-25. | ||
| + | * ''[[Pásmo|Pásmo: revue internationale moderne]]'', ed. Artuš Černík, Brno, 1924-26. | ||
| + | * ''[[ReD|ReD: měsíčník pro moderní kulturu]]'', ed. Karel Teige, Prague, 1927-31. | ||
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| + | ; Almanacs | ||
| + | * Jaromír Krejcar (ed.), ''[http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/imagesbk/RP216%5C002/M5050_X0031_PER_P02161922002.pdf Život: výtvarný sborník, 2]'', Prague, 1922. | ||
| + | * Jaroslav Seifert, Karel Teige (eds.), ''[[Media:Seifert_Jaroslav_Teige_Karel_eds_Devetsil_Revolucni_sbornik.pdf|Devětsil: Revoluční sborník]]'', Prague, 1922, 208 pp. | ||
| + | * Halas, Průša, Rossmann, Václavek (eds.), ''[http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/imagesbk/FondsDestribatsP258/001/M5050_X0031_DES_P02581927001.pdf Fronta: mezinárodní sborník soudobé aktivity]'', Brno, 1927, 203 pp. | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Karel Teige]] | * [[Karel Teige]] | ||
* [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]] | * [[Czech_Republic#Avant-garde]] | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 20 August 2014
Jaroslav Seifert, Karel Teige (eds.), Devětsil: Revoluční sborník, Prague, 1922. Download (150 MB).
Halas, Průša, Rossmann, Václavek (eds.), Fronta: mezinárodní sborník soudobé aktivity, Brno, 1927. Download (344 MB).
The Devětsil was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in December 1920 in Prague. From 1923 on there was also an active group 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 group was active in organizing the Czech art scene of the period. Members published several magazines - ReD (Revue Devětsilu), Disk and Pásmo, as well as almanacs (most importantly Devětsil and Život, 1922) and organized several exhibitions.
The members included artists, photographers, architects, theoreticans, poets, writers, actors, musicians and film directors, such as Karel Teige, Jaroslav Seifert, Vladislav Vančura, Adolf Hoffmeister, Jindřich Štýrský, Toyen, Jaroslav Rösler, Bedřich Václavek, Konstantin Biebl, Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich, E.F. Burian, and many others.
In 1927 the Brno section discontinued its activities, followed by the Prague section in 1930.
Contents
Publications
(in Czech unless noted)
- Magazines
- Disk, Prague, 1923-25.
- Pásmo: revue internationale moderne, ed. Artuš Černík, Brno, 1924-26.
- ReD: měsíčník pro moderní kulturu, ed. Karel Teige, Prague, 1927-31.
- Almanacs
- Jaromír Krejcar (ed.), Život: výtvarný sborník, 2, Prague, 1922.
- Jaroslav Seifert, Karel Teige (eds.), Devětsil: Revoluční sborník, Prague, 1922, 208 pp.
- Halas, Průša, Rossmann, Václavek (eds.), Fronta: mezinárodní sborník soudobé aktivity, Brno, 1927, 203 pp.
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)
