About Jaromír Krejcar
Lived 1895 – 1950 (aged 55). Jaromír Krejcar was an Austrian and Czech architect, pedagogue, designer, urban planner, graphic artist and typographer.
Jaromír Krejcar (25 July 1895 - 5 October 1950) was a Czech functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil.
Career He was born in Hundsheim, Austria. He collaborated with Czech structural engineer, Dr. Jaroslav Josef Polivka on the internationally acclaimed Czech Pavilion at the Paris Exposition of 1937.
Krejcar was husband of journalist Milena Jesenská and father of Jana Krejcarová. After the Communist-organized 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état he went to exile to the United Kingdom. He died in London.
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Who was Jaromír Krejcar?
Czech architect and university educator (1895–1950)
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Jaromír Krejcar was born on 25 July 1895 in Hundsheim.
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Jaromír Krejcar died on 5 October 1950 in London.
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Jaromír Krejcar was an architect, pedagogue, designer, urban planner, graphic artist and typographer.
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Jaromír Krejcar was Austrian and Czech.
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