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Jindrich Halabala pair of H269 lounge chairs, 1930s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For much of the 20th century, industrial and furniture designers in the Eastern Bloc created their work in near anonymity \u2014 including in the former Czechoslovakia, where communist ideologies ran counter to capitalist ideas like branding and acclaim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although for a brief and shining moment, in 1958, the country\u2019s designers gained global renown when Czechoslovakia won best national pavilion at the Brussels World\u2019s Fair<\/a>, their artistry was soon shrouded again behind the Iron Curtain.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jiri Jiroutek for Interi\u00e9r Praha U-460 sideboard, 1960s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Now, however, thanks to design lovers\u2019 abiding passion for Art Deco<\/a> and mid-century modern<\/a> furniture, and the increasingly competitive market for pieces by more famous creators, 20th-century Czech designers<\/a> are making their way back onto the international stage. In the process, the influence their ingenuity had on Western design is sparking a long-overdue appreciation for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The specific cultural demands of a communist country both literally and figuratively shaped the projects designers could produce, explains 1stDibs art and design research specialist Antje Linck. They were asked not to design artistically but to create furniture for the volk, <\/em>or ordinary people. Pieces were expected to last, says Linck, and to be \u201cversatile, easy to reproduce and functional but also elegant and well designed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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Jindrich Halabala Art Deco walnut cabinet, 1920s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The clear Bauhaus<\/a> influence that suffuses the work of some of the more prominent designers, Linck notes, is hardly surprising. After all, \u201cthe famous Bauhaus<\/a> is located in the East German part of Germany, which was under Communist occupation for 40 years,\u201d she points out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Czech Art Deco and mid-century modern designs tend to be more sober than their French, German, American or Scandinavian<\/a> counterparts. While form and decoration played a role, innovation and artistry took a backseat to factors like functionality and ease of production. \u201cAnyone who wanted to stand out \u2014 it wasn\u2019t a good idea. You got yourself in trouble,\u201d Linck says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, looking back, many did stand out, creating designs that have proved not only beautiful and inspired but enduring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jan Vanek, 1891\u20131962<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Jan Vanek for UP Z\u00e1vody lounge chairs, 1930s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Elegance describes the designs of Jan Vanek<\/a>. Influenced by his family\u2019s furniture company, he studied woodworking. Following a stint in Germany, where he advanced his skills at established firms in Munich, Stuttgart and Heilbronn, he returned home and took over the family business, which in 1920 became known as Spojen\u00e9 Um\u011bleckopr\u016fmyslov\u00e9 Z\u00e1vody, or UP Z\u00e1vody<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His early friendships and collaborations with architectural and design greats like Walter Gropius<\/a>, Le Corbusier<\/a>, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe<\/a>, Adolf Loos<\/a> and others likely had much to do with his graceful style, best exemplified by his 1930s bentwood chairs<\/a>, with the arabesque curves of their arms and legs conjoining to form open, dynamic loops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

True to Czech standards for uniformity, Vanek scarcely altered the design over decades of production, though he did gradually modernize his frames: His 1950s models<\/a> are more angular, industrialized \u2014 and very definitely modern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jindrich Halabala, 1903\u201378<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Jindrich Halabala pair of Art Deco armchairs, 1930s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Foremost among 20th-century Czech talents is Jindrich Halabala<\/a>, a cabinetmaker\u2019s son whose training was almost wholly focused on woodwork, first at a state-run vocational school for woodworking in Vala\u0161sk\u00e9 Mezi\u0159\u00ed\u010d\u00ed and later at UP Z\u00e1vody in Brno, where he ultimately became chief designer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His curvaceous bentwood H chairs, such as the H269<\/a> and H237<\/a>, and stylized Art Deco ottomans<\/a> have become classics, while his 1930s and 1940s sofas, tables and cabinets, with their sweeping curves, stylized geometry and dark, richly grained wood, embody the best of Art Deco design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some see his work as the segue between early 1900s Czech Cubism<\/a> and the modern style that dominated the mid-century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miroslav Navratil, 1913\u201399<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Miroslav Navratil for Vertex set of four fiberglass chairs, 1960s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In contrast to Halabala\u2019s aesthetic, the work of Miroslav Navratil<\/a> rocketed into the Space Age. Although he also studied at the furniture school in Vala\u0161sk\u00e9 Mezi\u0159\u00ed\u010d\u00ed, as well as the Czech State Industrial School in Brno, Navratil took an interest in new materials and forms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working at the Czech studio V\u00fdvoj N\u00e1bytk\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9ho Pr\u016fmyslu (VNP), he created the design for which he is best known: his iconic 1959 fiberglass chair<\/a>, produced by Vertex. While it was initially intended for the home, a version of the Vertex chair, colored a bright, cheerful blue, was ubiquitous for decades as the seating in Soviet trams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jaroslav Smidek, 1923\u20132005<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Jaroslav Smidek for Jitona lounge chair, 1960s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The son of a furniture dealer and upholsterer, Jaroslav Smidek<\/a>, like Vanek and Halabala, was born into the trade. Growing up, he helped out in the family workshop, where he learned his father\u2019s craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he trained as an architect, he quickly turned to industrial design, developing Montisektor furnishings, a line of pieces that could be assembled at home from prefabricated parts, in 1956 for VNP \u2014 a significant advance in Czech furniture production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is his chairs<\/a>, such as those he created for Jitona<\/a> in the 1960s, that are most in demand. While they carry a Scandinavian touch, there is no mistaking the gentle elegance of their uniquely Eastern European aesthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jiri Jiroutek, circa 1928\u2013<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Jiri Jiroutek for Interi\u00e9r Praha U-452 sideboard, 1960s<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Few designers anywhere have created pieces that more distinctly shout mid-century modern than Jiri Jiroutek<\/a>. Even as a young designer, Jiroutek reenvisioned the fabrication and functionality not only of cabinets and kitchen furnishings but also interior architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it was the 1958 Brussels World\u2019s Fair that ultimately inspired the funky, colorful, decorative yet multifunctional U-450 cabinets<\/a> of the late \u201950s and early \u201960s that made him a leading figure in the so-called Czech Brussels school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His influence didn\u2019t stop there. After revising an Ikea<\/a> prototype design at the firm\u2019s request in 1958, Jiroutek received an invitation from Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad to join the company in Stockholm. The designs he created there in the late 1960s, as well as others inspired by his work at the renowned manufacturer Interi\u00e9r Praha<\/a>, remain Ikea best sellers to this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\t

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