Jiří Kroha

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.