Jiří Kroha
Date of birth: 6. 5. 1893
Date of death: 7. 6. 1974
Main profession: architect
Links: Archiweb,Prostor - AD,Brněnský architektonický manuál,DOCOMOMO,SlavneVily.cz
Had studied architecture, but in course of his career he contributed also to painting, plastic art, design and scenography. He became significant talent influenced by Cubistic impulse in 1920´s, later by Functionalism, albeit he stressed plasticity, colourfulness and multitude of details. After WW2 he became a prominent figure of the new regime, propagating Socialist realism and in 1960´s turned back to interwar avant-garde, while fighting communist style of panel building.
found 4 theatre(s)
EN | CSCompetition for a new Czech theatre in Prague, 1922 (architect - participant of the competition)
Czech Republic | Prague
EN | CSHouse of Culture Ostrava (architect)
Czech Republic | Ostrava | show on the map
Stages: Theatre hall