Jacques Groag

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Jacques Groag (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Jaques), ( 5 February 1892 , Olomouc - 28 January 1962 , London ) was an internationally acclaimed architect and interior designer, originally from Moravia .

Content [ hide ] 1 Youth 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Reference 5 Literature Youth [ edit | edit source ] Jacques Groag was born in 1892 in Týnecká near Olomouc. He grew up in a well-to-assimilated Jewish family that operated a thriving malt house. Among his other relatives were known or publicly active personality. Brother Emanuel "Emo" Groag, which later drove the family malt house was a skilled draftsman and caricaturist. Cousin Heinrich Groag was recognized in the interwar period Brno lawyer and pacifist who worked at the local and international scene. Nephew Willi Groag is known for his humanitarian work in the Terezin ghetto during World War II. [1]

After graduating from German secondary school in Manchester and his military service, he went Jacques Groag in 1910 to Vienna to study architecture , Adolf Loos , Austrian architect recognized Moravian origin. During the First World War , which interrupted his studies, he served in the artillery.

Already during his studies at the German secondary school in Olomouc Jacques Groag actively socialized with other local Jewish intellectuals. Among his companions was, for example Paul Engelmann , Max Zweig and later other celebrities. In Vienna were among the famous Karl Kraus , Adolf Loos , Stefan Zweig . Despite the fact that after the war permanently housed in Vienna, adopted after the collapse of Austria-Hungary Czechoslovak citizenship.

Career [ edit | edit source ] Since the mid-20s of the 20th century Groag began to devote a separate creation. At the same time collaborated with Viennese architectural offices. A number of his buildings still standing in Olomouc. - For example, the proposal of a villa Groagových on Mozart Street (1927), Bergman's family house (Vienna 18), the interior was Dr. Ing. Walter Pollack (Resslova Street 19), villa spouses Briessových (Na Vozovce 12), villa Ing. Rudolph Seidler (Václavkova 2), and others. [2]

According Groagova proposal were also implemented as well villa in Ostravice Skoczově (Poland) and Smíchov. [3] the original spirit of this day maintain some Groagovy building. Any woman were damaged by rough repairs, other outlast rough capitalism after 1990. [4]

After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938, Jacques Groag fled with his wife a few months to Prague, where they had to before the advancing Nazis soon run in Britain . There Groag despite the initial language difficulties mainly focused on modifications and utility nábytkářskému interior design. Inability to pursue architecture at him late in life stir depression. He died of a heart attack.

Personal life [ edit | edit source ] Wife of Jacques Groaga, the Prague-born Hilde Blumberger, born Picková ( in 1903 - 1986 ), a textile designer, whom he met in Vienna. The literature is also mentioned as Jacqueline Groag, the name of which enjoyed after leaving the UK. [5]

The marriage was childless spouses Groagových. The estate of Jacques and Jacqueline Groagových is stored in the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum in London. [6]