Scholarly Traces of Bedřich Feuerstein - Invitation to a Composed Evening
Exhibition and a composed evening dedicated to architect Feuerstein
This year, we commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth and the 76th anniversary of the death of architect Bedřich Feuerstein. On this occasion, Gallery J2 has prepared an outdoor exhibition 120 | 76 | Bedřich Feuerstein | 1892–1936. It can be seen on the fence of the Nymburk gymnasium, at the building where Bedřich Feuerstein graduated in the historically first year of this school. The second, identical version of the exhibition is installed on the cemetery wall by the crematorium, which is one of just two architectural realizations by Bedřich Feuerstein in our country.
The exhibition will be followed by a composed evening with director Radovan Lipus, architect David Vávra, and art historian and Japanologist Helena Čapková, author of the upcoming monograph, which will take place on September 13 in the gymnasium building. It will include a screening of a Czech Television documentary from the series Šumné stopy dedicated to Bedřich Feuerstein. Japanese tea will be served.
120 | 76 | Bedřich Feuerstein | 1892–1936
outdoor exhibition at the Nymburk crematorium and gymnasium
commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the architect's birth and the 76th anniversary of his death
May–October 2012 | crematorium: 50°10'54.680", 15°1'31.322" | gymnasium: 50°11'25.846", 15°2'32.090"
Šumné stopy Bedřicha Feuersteina
composed evening with esteemed guests:
- art historian and Japanologist Helena Čapková, Waseda University Tokyo
- director Radovan Lipus and architect David Vávra
lecture and screening of a Czech Television documentary from the series Šumné stopy
September 13 in the gymnasium building from 7 PM | free admission
organized by gallery J2 -- an independent non-profit civic initiative
Bedřich Feuerstein
Architect, stage designer, painter, and essayist of global outlook and exceptional artistic quality, he represents a significant figure in Czech modern avant-garde architecture and scenography. He grew up in Loučeň, and in 1903 he entered the first year of the newly opened higher communal real school in Nymburk, where he graduated in 1910. He studied architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague under Jan Kotěra and privately studied with Josip Plečnik. From 1926 to 1930, he designed in Tokyo.
The early architectural work of Bedřich Feuerstein was primarily influenced by cubism and classicism. His sense of practicality led him, after 1918, to purist experiments culminating in the construction of the crematorium in Nymburk. The Nymburk realization represents a fundamental work of Czech architectural purism and marks the culmination of Czech cubist architecture. In the first half of the 1920s, but especially after his return from Japan at the beginning of the 1930s, Bedřich Feuerstein focused on scenography. He primarily designed for the National and Liberated Theatre. Bedřich Feuerstein’s painting work also stemmed from cubism and purism. He also designed covers for books. The world citizen Bedřich Feuerstein is connected to Nymburk and its surroundings by his childhood, secondary school studies, the realization of the crematorium building, which represents a crucial work of Czechoslovak interwar architecture, and the place of his final rest in Loučeň.
This year, we commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth and the 76th anniversary of the death of architect Bedřich Feuerstein. On this occasion, Gallery J2 has prepared an outdoor exhibition 120 | 76 | Bedřich Feuerstein | 1892–1936. It can be seen on the fence of the Nymburk gymnasium, at the building where Bedřich Feuerstein graduated in the historically first year of this school. The second, identical version of the exhibition is installed on the cemetery wall by the crematorium, which is one of just two architectural realizations by Bedřich Feuerstein in our country.
The exhibition will be followed by a composed evening with director Radovan Lipus, architect David Vávra, and art historian and Japanologist Helena Čapková, author of the upcoming monograph, which will take place on September 13 in the gymnasium building. It will include a screening of a Czech Television documentary from the series Šumné stopy dedicated to Bedřich Feuerstein. Japanese tea will be served.
120 | 76 | Bedřich Feuerstein | 1892–1936
outdoor exhibition at the Nymburk crematorium and gymnasium
commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the architect's birth and the 76th anniversary of his death
May–October 2012 | crematorium: 50°10'54.680", 15°1'31.322" | gymnasium: 50°11'25.846", 15°2'32.090"
Šumné stopy Bedřicha Feuersteina
composed evening with esteemed guests:
- art historian and Japanologist Helena Čapková, Waseda University Tokyo
- director Radovan Lipus and architect David Vávra
lecture and screening of a Czech Television documentary from the series Šumné stopy
September 13 in the gymnasium building from 7 PM | free admission
organized by gallery J2 -- an independent non-profit civic initiative
 |
Bedřich Feuerstein
Architect, stage designer, painter, and essayist of global outlook and exceptional artistic quality, he represents a significant figure in Czech modern avant-garde architecture and scenography. He grew up in Loučeň, and in 1903 he entered the first year of the newly opened higher communal real school in Nymburk, where he graduated in 1910. He studied architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague under Jan Kotěra and privately studied with Josip Plečnik. From 1926 to 1930, he designed in Tokyo.
The early architectural work of Bedřich Feuerstein was primarily influenced by cubism and classicism. His sense of practicality led him, after 1918, to purist experiments culminating in the construction of the crematorium in Nymburk. The Nymburk realization represents a fundamental work of Czech architectural purism and marks the culmination of Czech cubist architecture. In the first half of the 1920s, but especially after his return from Japan at the beginning of the 1930s, Bedřich Feuerstein focused on scenography. He primarily designed for the National and Liberated Theatre. Bedřich Feuerstein’s painting work also stemmed from cubism and purism. He also designed covers for books. The world citizen Bedřich Feuerstein is connected to Nymburk and its surroundings by his childhood, secondary school studies, the realization of the crematorium building, which represents a crucial work of Czechoslovak interwar architecture, and the place of his final rest in Loučeň.
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