Co-sponsored by DoppelHouse, the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles, and SAH/SCC, this free program, part of the Czech Consulate General Cultural Series, explores the work of five Czech architects and designers.
University of California, Santa Barbara, professor, Volker Welter, PhD, will discuss Liane Zimbler. Zimbler was among the earliest European women to earn architecture certification. She emigrated to Los Angeles by way of Vienna, bringing her design sensibilities, textile patterns, and innovations in open plan.
Welter will be joined by University of Texas professor Christopher Long, PhD, who will speak on Adolf Loos. Loos, a lifestyle and architecture iconoclast, undertook a large number of civic projects in addition to shops, banks, and cafés, as well as over 100 residences, all primarily in Plzen, Prague, Vienna, and France.
The program also features Viennese art and architecture historian, Ursula Prokop, on Jacques and Jacqueline Groag. The Groags were Second-wave Viennese Modernists—Jacques collaborated with Engelmann, Wittgenstein, and Loos; Jacqueline studied with Josef Hoffmann. The Groags later designed postwar exhibitions in Britain as well as textiles (Jacqueline) for air, sea, and public transport.
Lastly, art, architecture, and design historian Ladislav Jackson will discuss Jaroslav Polívka. Polívka’s expertise was in concrete, glass, and steel as in his Czech pavilion for the World’s Fair and collaborations with Frank Lloyd Wright (Johnson Wax Research Tower, Guggenheim Museum, and unrealized Butterfly Bridge).
High Czech Modern In Diaspora—Saturday, December 7, 2024; 4-6 PM Pacific; Czech Consulate General, 10990 Wilshire Blvd.; free; reservations required; go to www.sahscc.org to register.
