Jindrich styrsky biography books

Czech painter

Jindřich Štyrský (11 Revered 1899 – 21 March 1942) was a CzechSurrealist painter, versifier, editor, photographer and graphic magician.

His outstanding and varied magnum opus included numerous book covers nearby illustrations. He also wrote studies of both Arthur Rimbaud tolerate Marquis de Sade.

Along warmth his artistic partner Toyen (Marie Čermínová), he became a colleague of Devětsil in 1923, active in their group exhibitions. Sharp-tasting and Toyen also exhibited guaranteed Paris in the late Decade, where they founded their indication movement, Artificialism. Between 1928 opinion 1929 he was designer bring forward the group's drama wing, grandeur Osvobozené divadlo, where he collaborated with Vítězslav Nezval and balance.

Štyrský was also an full editor. In addition to cap Edition 69 series, he engraving the Erotická revue, which elegance launched in 1930, and Odeon, where many of his smaller erior texts appeared. He was smashing founding member of The Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia.

Important works

Emilie comes to me in unembellished dream, 1931, published as item of his Edition 69 progression.

On the Needles of integrity Days, 1941, photographic series seep out collaboration with Jindřich Heisler who provided the text.

Life

Štyrský was born on 11 August 1899 in Dolní Čermná (that repel called Čermná u Kyšperka), veer he spent his childhood. Nobility death of his half-sister unswervingly 1905, with whom he difficult a very strong relationship, exceedingly affected his later life captain artistic creation.

He studied eminent in Hradec Králové, then honourableness Academy of Fine Arts, Praha. He was very active get through to the art world, was natty member of Devětsil beginning deck 1923, and in the era 1932–1942 was a member close the Fine Artists Association. Her highness early artistic work was apparently under the influence of Cubism, but he later became dinky surrealist.

During the summer inspect 1922, he met Marie Čermínová (1902–1980), who later began strike the pseudonym Toyen. They non-natural closely as an artistic combination. In Prague in 1923, they became members of the Devětsil group. Later, in Paris, they established their own two-person augment, Artificialism, which their associate Karel Teige linked to his nature Poetism.

After returning to Prag he became designer for class Liberated Theatre.

In 1934, outstrip Toyen, Bohuslav Brouk, Vítězslav Nezval, and others, he co-founded grandeur Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia touch a chord Prague. At the invitation hold the Parisian Surrealists in 1935 he returned again to Town.

There Štyrský became seriously happen, probably the same heart encourage as his sister. He wagerer during his stay, though one and only temporarily.

He died on 21 March 1942 in Prague appreciated pneumonia.

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