BRNO'S JEWISH ARCHITECTS
1919 - 1939
This publication focuses on architects - Jews living and working in Brno between the wars - for
several reasons, particularly because of the fact that they were responsible for a remarkable
number of residential buildings in Brno, that share joint formal architectural features and differ
from the Brno " white functionalism. An independent stream of modern architecture came into
existence, a stream that diverged considerably from that of both Czech and German Brno
architects of that time, and Brno became its centre. It can be said that over the twenty years
between the wars the Jewish architects strongly influenced the face of Brno, a prosperous
modern multinational and bilingual town in its time. Another reason for this publication is to
mediate the works of the modern Brno Jewish architects (Jindřich Blum, Zoltán Egri, Otto
Eisler, Zikmund Kerekes, Alfred Neuman, Endre Steiner, Maxe Tintner, Norbert Troller, Arnošt
Wiesner and others ) to the public as a compact aesthetic and historical expression, and to try
to summarize, select, explain and evaluate the information for the first time.
catalogue of exhibition of works of significant Brno's Jewish architects
96 pages on chalk paper
format 235x310 mm, sewn binding
documentation of buildings: layouts, cross-sections, perspectives etc.
texts in Czech and English
critical essay, biographical data, complete list of works, black and white photographs
editors: Petr Pelčák, Jan Sapák, Ivan Wahla
editing and graphic layout: Pavel Jura, Petr Mutina, Petr Pelčák, Jan Sapák, Veronika Sapak, Ivan Wahla
translation: introduction by Tony Long and Irma Charvátová, notes by Veronika Sapak and Brno English Center
language proof reading: Petr Osolsobě, Jana Sapáková, Stanislav Zajíček
photographs: Orth &Co. Brno Atelier de Sandalo Brno - untill 1938, Franzi Grubnerová, Filip Šlapal, Libor Teplý, Ivan Wahla - contemporary photographs
litography: Quadra Ltd.
printing works: Printing house Afel Ltd.
published by Obecní dům Association in 2000, All rights reserved
Number of copies: 1000
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