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Visual art

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

1902-1973 edited by Karel Srp / Hoffmeister, Adolf ; Apollinaire G ; Aragon L ; Barthes R ; Biebl K ; Breton A ; Burian EF ; Cendrars B ; Ehrenberg I ; Estorick E ; Havel V ; Hausmann R ; Joyce J ; Kafka F ; Kolar J ; Mayakovsky V ; Rauschenberg R ; Ribemont-Dessaignes G ; Seifert J ; Soupault P ; Sima J ; Styrsky J ; Teige K ; Tzara T ; Voskovec J ; Werich J ; Srp K ; Nezval V ; Capek K ; Cocteau J., 2004

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Identifier: CC-51484-72582
Scope and Contents This well illustrated book provides the definitive review of Hoffmeister's works and his life.According to John Vloemans (internet)" Adolf Hoffmeister was undoubtedly one of the most pittoresque figures of the intellectual and artistic scene in Prague during the interbellum. His was a restless and unconventional spirit, that could not be classified. He was born on August 15, 1902 in Prague into a well-to-do family. Adolf Hoffmeister was described as an elegant globetrotter and art connoisseur, a gourmand,who had a special bond with the magic power of his hometown Prague. He was at once a painter, caricaturist, illustrator, stage decorator, author, playwright,translator, journalist, radio reporter, professor of art, art critic, politician,diplomat, cultural ambassador and world traveller. No wonder he cannot be classified in any of the artistic schools of his country.What he carries his whole life, was his left-intellectual faith, as so many of his generation did. In October 1920 he...
Dates: 2004

Andre Masson et Son Univers / Leiris, Michel ; Limbour, G. ; Breton A., 1947

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Identifier: CC-28779-30087
Scope and Contents

This book is organized in sections dealing with aspects of Masson's life and art work, e.g., portraits, surrealism, stay in United States during WWII, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1947

Collection Jacques Herold / Renaud, Paul ; Oterelo, Claude ; Breton A ; Butor M ; Brauner V ; Char R ; Duchamp M ; Ernst M ; Tzara T., 1998

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Identifier: CC-33748-35412
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. Consists of the Surrealism collection of Jacques Herold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998