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Karel Teige

1900-12-13 – 1951-10-01

Portrait of Karel Teige
The Czech artist Toyen and her friend the surrealist painter Karel Teige.Credit: AnonymousUnknown author

Life & Legacy

Karel Teige (13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951) was a Czech modernist avant-garde artist, writer, critic and one of the most important figures of the 1920s and 1930s movement. He was a member of the Devětsil (Butterbur) movement in the 1920s and also worked as an editor and graphic designer for Devětsil's monthly magazine ReD (Revue Devětsilu). One of his major works on architecture theory is The Minimum Dwelling (1932).

Occupation & Career

writer, linguist, photographer, journalist, literary critic, architect, translator, designer, art theorist, architectural theoretician, typographer, editing staff, art historian, painter, graphic artist, artist, opinion journalist, critic

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q1377687 — wikidata View source

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