Jacques Groag
Jacques Groag (born February 5, 1892 in Olomouc , Austria-Hungary ; died January 28, 1962 in London ) was a Czech architect.
Life
After graduating from high school in Olomouc in Germany and completing military service, Groag went to Vienna in 1910 , where he studied construction under Adolf Loos . During the First World War he served in the artillery.
He lived and worked as a freelance architect in Vienna from 1926 to 1938. From 1937 until his death he was married to the craftswoman and designer Jacqueline Groag (1903–1986), whom he had met in Vienna. After Austria's annexation in 1938, the couple fled first to Prague , where he worked as an architect, and then to Great Britain in 1939. In London they built a new life for themselves. From 1940 to 1962 as interior architect and designer in London, in 1947 they received British citizenship, from 1955 to 1960 teaching at the Hammersmith School for Arts and Crafts, London.
Groag's sister Johanna married the conductor Heinrich Jalowetz , so the textile artist Trude Guermonprez is a niece.
buildings
- 1923: Conversion of the Groag malt factory in Olmütz / Olomouc
- 1926–1929: Construction of the Stonborough Palace (House Wittgenstein) in Vienna 3, Kundmanngasse 19 (design: Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein)
- 1927–1928: Construction of Villa Moller in Vienna 18, Starkfriedgasse 19 (design: Adolf Loos)
- 1927: Villa Groag in Olmütz / Olomouc, Mozartova 454/36
- 1929: House Bermann in Olmütz / Olomouc, Vídeňská 959/18
- 1932: Semi-detached Werkbundsiedlung in Vienna 13, Woinovichgasse 5-7
- 1933: House Paula and Hans Briess in Olmütz / Olomouc, Na Vozovce 549/12
- 1933: Dr. Gustav Stern in Perchtoldsdorf , Franz Josef-Strasse 28
- 1935: Rudolf Seidler's house in Olmütz / Olomouc, Václavkova 603/2
- 1935–1936: Landhaus Dr. Eisler in Ostrawitz / Ostravice 465
- 1936: Franz Briess house in Olmütz / Olomouc, Wellnerova 640/21
- 1937: House Spitzer in Skotschau / Skoczow
- 1937–1938: Workers' housing estate in a chemical factory in Mährisch-Ostrau / Ostrava
- 1938: House Stibor (Šebor) in Prague, Na Hrebenkach 2365/41
literature
- Ursula Prokop: The architect and designer couple Jacques and Jacqueline Groag . Two forgotten artists of Viennese modernism . Böhlau, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-205-77300-4 .
- Lukeš, Zdeněk: Settling the debt: German-speaking architects in Prague 1900–1938 (Splátka dluhu: Praha a její německy hovořící architekti 1900–1938). Praha: Fraktály Publishers, 2002, 217 pp. ISBN 80-86627-04-7 . Section Jacques Groag, p. 65
Web links
- Literature by and about Jacques Groag in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jacques Groag on architektenlexikon.at
- “Jacques and Jacqueline Groag” detailed conversation with Ursula Prokop in the radio series A Palaver freely available as stream, February 3, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Groag, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olomouc |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1962 |
| Place of death | London |