Devětsil

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Devětsil (German butterbur , literally translated Nine forces ) was a group of Czech avant-garde artists of the 1920 's. It was founded in Prague in 1920 , a second group existed in Brno from 1923 . The members devoted themselves to proletarian art and so-called magical realism ; from 1923 they became involved in poetism . The group took part in the organization of artistic life in Bohemia and Moravia . The Prague Association regularly published Revue Devětsilu - ReD ( Revue des Devětsil ), and the Brno group Pásmo ( The Band ). In addition, some collections of poetic and literary works were published and exhibitions were organized.

A special event was the Manifesto of Seven , formulated in 1929 , which was signed by seven members of the association (and incidentally at the same time founding members of the Communist Party ) and which sharply opposed the Bolshevization of the party. She was expelled from the party soon after.

The original name was US Devětsil or Umělecký Svaz Devětsil ( Artistic Association Devětsil ), was changed several times and read from 1925 Svaz moderní kultury Devětsil ( Association of modern culture Devětsil ). The Brno group was dissolved in 1927, the Prague group in 1930.

The Czech butterbur is called Devětsil. Literally translated this name means "Neunkraft"

Members

Founding members

• Adolf Hoffmeister
• Jaroslav Seifert
• Karel dough
• Vladislav Vančura

Leaders

• Vítězslav Nezval
• Jaroslav Seifert
• Karel dough

Architects

• Jaroslav Fragner
• Jan Gillar
• Josef Havlíček
• Karel Honzík
• Josef Chochol
• Jaromír Krejcar
• Evžen Linhart
• Pavel Smetana

poet

• Konstantin Biebl
• František Halas
• Jindřich Hořejší
• Jiří Wolker

Actor (theater)

• Milča Mayerová
• Jiří Voskovec was excluded again in 1924 because of his participation in the film "Pohádka máje"
• Jan Werich

Musician

• Jaroslav Ježek

Directors

• Emil František Burian
• Jiří Frejka
• Jindřich Honzl
• Vladislav Vančura

writer

• Julius Fučík
• Milena Jesenská
• Karel Konrád
• Vladislav Vančura

Artist

• Adolf Hoffmeister
• Otakar Mrkvička
• František Muzika
• Toyen

photographer

• Jaroslav Rössler

Critics, theorists, scientists

• Jiří Frejka
• Julius Fučík
• Jindřich Štyrský
• Karel dough
• Bedřich Václavek

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manifest sedmi (original document), www.ucl.cas.cz (PDF file; 421 kB), Czech, accessed on April 28, 2010
2. ^ Z. Kárník: České země v éře První republiky (1918-1938), Libri, Prague 2003, cited. according to: Adéla Křížová: Časopis Levá fronta v historickém kontextu počátku 30.let , diploma thesis at the University of Budweis, Budweis 2011, page 12

literature

• Rostislav Švácha : Devětsil: Czech avant-garde art, architecture and design of the 1920s and 30s . Design Museum, London; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford 1990
• Walter Schamschula : The Czech literature: Aufbruch des Internationalismus , in: New manual of literary studies. Volume 20: Between the World Wars . Wiesbaden: Akad. Verl.-Ges. Athenaion 1983, pp. 540-547