Full Description
Prokop's meticulous history restores Jacques and Jacqueline Groag to their rightful places in the pantheon of Viennese Modernists.
Prokop explores their individual careers in Vienna and Czechoslovakia, their early collaborations in the 1930s, their lives as Jewish émigrés, and the couple's unique contributions in Britain for postwar exhibitions, monuments, furniture and textile design, even a dress for future-queen Elizabeth II. Full color edition, supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
Contents
Introduction
The Early Years
The background and education of Jacques Groag
World War I and professional beginnings
The First Projects
Collaboration on the Wittgenstein House, 1926-29
The Moller Villa, 1927-1928
The first independent project: The Groag Villa in Olmütz, 1927-1928
Vienna's artistic environment
The Artistic Breakthrough
Projects in Vienna and Moravia - first success as an interior architect
Getting to know Hilde Blumberger
The duplex at the Vienna Werkbundsiedlung, 1931-1932
Furniture and interiors
The Gustav Stern House in Perchtoldsdorf, 1932/33
The Paula and Hans Briess Villa in Olmütz, 1933
Projects in the Late 1930s
Ing. Rudolf Seidler Villa in Olmütz, 1935
Conversion and furnishings of the Paula Wessely Villa in Vienna-Grinzing, 1935
Otto Eisler country house in Ostravice, 1935-1939
The late 1930s - various projects in Moravia-Ostrau and Brno
Displacement and intermezzo in Prague, 1938-1939
Emigration and a New Beginning in England
Escape and a difficult start
The end of the war - an urban planning project for Soho, 1945
Jacqueline Groag establishes herself as a textile designer
The emigrants in England - a problematic situation
The Groags After the War - Utility Furniture and Exhibition Design
The utility furniture program - a new arena
The first postwar exhibitions - Modern Homes and Britain Can Make It, 1946
Further exhibitions - Ideal Home, 1949 and British Industries Fair, 1950
The end of the postwar era - The Festival of Britain, 1951
The 1950s - Jacques Groag's interiors and painting as therapy
The late work of Jacqueline Groag
Conclusion
Jacques Groag - Catalog of Works
Architecture, interior design and furniture design
Painting and graphic art
Professional articles and publications
Bibliography
Monographs, catalogs, and articles
Unpublished typescripts and manuscripts
Periodicals - Jacques Groag
Periodicals - Jacqueline Groag
Archives and private sources
