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Emil FILLA

Emil FILLA

EMIL FILLA: Born in Chropyne [Moravia - Czech Republic] on April 4th, 1882. In 1900 he undertook his first study trip to Vienna. In the period from 1907 to 1908 Filla joined the visual artists group OSMA [The Eight] and participated in an exhibition of its members Vincenc BENES, Othon COUBINE, Antonin PROCHAZKA, Bohumil KUBISTA, Max HORB, Willy NOWAK and  Bedrich FEIGL  in Prague. In 1909 Emil FILLA entered the Visual Artists Club MANES and became the club's outstanding representative and organizer with occasional intermissions in his activities up to a forced club dissolution in 1951. In the time from 1906 to 1914 Filla repeatedly used to visit Paris and meet there Picasso, Braque, Gris, Pascin, Chagall, Kars, Jacob and Apollinaire. Since 1914 he had been living in exile in The Netherlands. In 1917 Filla was  in collaboration with T. van Doesburg  and P. Mondrian compiling the first issue of the revue 'De Stijl'. In 1919-1920 he established and managed the Czechoslovak Embassy in Haag. On September 1st 1939 Filla was arrested and put in concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald because of his evident antifascist thought - also expressed by his 30 year activities. He was kept in the camps till the end of the World War II. In 1945 Filla was appointed Professor and Head of a special Atelier of monumental painting at the Prague Academy of Applied Arts. Besides his painting, graphics and sculpture he was permanently dedicating his time and attention to art theory and art history. He also wrote many professional articles and publications. Emil Filla also edited a significant Czech professional journal 'Volne smery [Free ways]'.  He died in Prague on October 6th, 1953.

EMIL FILLA
Geboren am 4.April 1882 in Chropynì in Mähren. 1900 erste Studienreise nach Wien. 1903 bis 1906 Studium an der Prager Akademie bei den Professoren Thiele und Bukovac. 1907-1908 Ausstellungen mit der Gruppe Acht (Vincenc Beneš, Othon Coubine, Antonín Procházka, Bohumil Kubista, Max Horb, Willy Nowak, Bedøich Feigl) in Prag. Ab 1909 Mitglied der Künstlervereinigung Mánes, an der ar als führender Repräsentant und Organisator – mit Unterbrechungen – bis zur 1951 erzwungener Aufhebung wirkt. 1906 –1914 regelmässige Aufenthalte in Paris mit engen Kontakten zu Picasso, Braque, Gris, Pascin, Chagall, Kars, Jacob und Apollinaire. Seit 1914 im Exil in den Nierderlanden. Dort 1917 Zusammenarbeit mit T. van Doesburg und P. Mondrian an der ersten Nummer der Revue „De Stijl“. Zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen abwechselnd in Prag und Paris, 1939 bis 1945 Konzentrationslager Dachau und Buchenwald. 1945 Professur an der Kunstgewerbe-Hochschule in Prag. Neben der künstlerischen Arbeit Beschäftigung mit Kunsttheorie und Kunstgeschichte mit entsprechenden Publikationen. Mitarbeit an der Kunstzeitschrift „Volné smìry“. Gestorben am 6. Oktober 1953 in Prag.