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HistoryADOLF LOOS - WORKS IN THE CZECH LANDS
1st October 2008 - 5th April 2009
The exhibition presents extensive work of Adolf Loos realised in years 1903 - 1933 in the Czech lands. It is the first complex presentation of Loos´s works after twenty years when was published the last important study about Loos´s activities in the Czech lands - Exhibition and catalogue published in 1984 by prof. ©lapeta. We completed his work by the newest findings we gained during the research in the years 2002 - 2004.
Calendar 2006
The Müller Villa. Detail
The Müller Villa is a monument to modern living, in which the architect Adolf Loos realised his lifelong goals of perfection and functionality in residential architecture. In the context of
architectural history this grand work is revered mainly for its exceptionality and the unrepeatability of the spatial composition of its interior, which is a distinctive play of the relationships and conjunctions of the individual rooms. This spatial conception, known as Raumplan, is completed by the compositionality of the rare materials used to furnish the rooms, in combination with furniture and works of art. Special emphasis is placed on the precise rendering of details. 
Objects, whether part of the architecture or interior fittings, must in addition to perfection of form and detail fulfil strict criteria of functionality: “... the degree of functional value linked harmoniously to the other parts we term pure beauty” (Adolf Loos, “On sitting”, “Spoken into the Void”). We can see, then, that the beauty of a functional object can be explained only with an eye to its purpose. The photography of details presented here contributes to understanding this architectural work.
The City of Prague Museum is responsible for certain monuments not only in the sense of caring for their physical structure, but also in terms of making them accessible to the general public. Through engaging commentaries and high quality publications, we try not only to provide visitors with the most information, but also to draw attention to values and to Loos’s contribution to the understanding of residential space. 
We are delighted, then, to be able to offer all lovers of Adolf Loos’s architecture a beautiful new souvenir of the Müller Villa – a day-by-day calendar for 2006 containing a unique collection of 365 photographs by the well-known contemporary photographer Martin Polák, who together with graphic designer and fellow photographer Markéta Othová has created an original catalogue of exterior and interior details
from this important monument to Modernist architecture. The authors have manage to capture not only the perfection of form, beauty and quality of the materials, but also the harmonious atmosphere that all of the house’s components create when taken together.
Graphic design:Markéta Othová
Photography: Martin Polák
Texts: Maria Szadkowska
Published by City of Prague Museum, 2005.
Sales price: 100 CZK
Kalender 2006
Haus Müller. Detail
Das Haus Müller ist ein Denkmal modernen Wohnens. Hier hat sich das lebenslange Streben des Architekten Adolf Loos, das ausgefüllt war mit der Suche nach Vollkommenheit und Zweckmäßigkeit in der Wohnarchitektur, verwirklicht.
Im Kontext der Architekturgeschichte wird dieses monumentale Werk von Loos vor allem für seine Außergewöhnlichkeit und Einmaligkeit der räumlichen Zusammensetzung des Interieurs hochgeschätzt, die ein eigenständiges Spiel der Beziehungen und Verbindungen einzelner Räume darstellen. Die Raumkonzeption, bekannt unter dem Namen „Raumplan“, wird durch das Zusammenspiel von edlen Materialien vollendet, die für die Ausstattung der Zimmer und bei Möbeln und Kunstgegenständen verwendet wurden. Ein besonderer Akzent wird hier auf eine präzise Detailverarbeitung gelegt. Gegenstände, die einen Bestandteil der Architektur oder der Interieurausstattung bilden, müssen neben der Form- und Detailvollkommenheit auch die strengen Kriterien der Zweckmäßigkeit erfüllen: „…die Stufe des Zweckwertes, mit den anderen Teilen harmonisch verbunden, nennen wir die reine Schönheit“ (Adolf Loos, „Vom Sitzen“, „Ins Leere gesprochen“). Wir sehen also, dass die Schönheit eines Nutzgegenstandes nur mit Rücksicht auf seinen Zweck erklärt werden kann. Detailfotografien, die Ihnen hier vorgestellt werden, tragen zum Erfassen dieses architektonischen Werkes bei.
Haus Müller ( Nad Hradním vodojemem 14, Prag 6 – Střeąovice) erbaut in den Jahren 1928 – 1930 ( Adolf Loos, Karel Lhota) ist eines der bedeutendsten Werke der europäischen modernen Architektur. In den Jahren 1997 – 2000 wurde das Haus erneuert und im ursprünglichen Zustand restauriert; danach wurde es für die Öffentlichkeit geöffnet. Die Hausrekonstruktion wurde im Jahre 2001 mit der Ehrenmedaille Europa Nostra Heritage Award ausgezeichnet.
Graphische Darstellung: Markéta Othová
Fotografie: Martin Polák
Texte: Maria Szadkowska
Herausgeber Museum der Hauptstadt Prag, 2005.
Verkaufswert: 550 CZK
Calendrier 2006
Les Détails de la villa Müller
C’est par la villa Müller, bâtiment de conception moderne, qu’Adolf Loos est parvenu à concrétiser les efforts menés tout au long de sa carrière d’architecte, afin de rechercher la perfection et la meilleure fonctionnalité des espaces d’habitation. Si cette œuvre magistrale est appréciée dans l’histoire de l’architecture, c’est en raison de l’exceptionnel agencement de ses espaces intérieurs et de leur répartition qui permet aux différentes pièces d’être reliées les unes aux autres et de communiquer intelligemment. A côté de cette conception de l’espace, connue sous le nom de Raumplan, l’architecte a utilisé divers matériaux précieux pour l’équipement des pièces et a agrémenté celles-ci d’un choix de meubles et d’œuvres d’art. La précision des détails a bénéficié d’un soin tout particulier. A côté de cette perfection de la forme et du détail, les différents objets qui s’intègrent à l’architecture ou qui constituent l’ameublement intérieur se devaient de répondre à de sévères critères d’ordre fonctionnel : « … nous appelons beauté pure le degré de la valeur usuelle, en harmonie avec les autres éléments » (Adolf Loos, « A propos des sièges », in Ins Leere gesprochen [Paroles dans le vide]). Pour l’architecte, la beauté d’un objet utilitaire ne pouvait être expliquée que par rapport à sa fonction. Les photographies des détails que nous vous présentons dans cette publication permettront d’avoir une meilleure compréhension de cette œuvre architecturale..
La villa Müller, située au 14 de la rue Nad Hradním vodojemem, à Prague 6 – dans le quartier de Střeąovice - a été construite entre les années 1928 et 1930 par Adolf Loos et Karel Lhota. Elle est une des œuvres les plus importantes de l’architecture moderne européenne. Elle a été rénovée et restaurée à l’identique entre 1997 et 2000, et est depuis ouverte au public. En 2001, la rénovation de la villa a été récompensée par la médaille d’honneur de l’Evropa Nostra Heritage Award.
Conception et mise en page: Markéta Othová
Photographies: Martin Polák
Textes: Maria Szadkowska
Publié par le Musée de la Ville de Prague
Prix de vente: 550 CZK
.:EXHIBITIONS:.
11. 3. - 22. 4. 2005 Villa Müller in Prague The exhibition is organized in cooperation with Czech Centress in Berlin. Czech Centre Berlin -WWW Friedrichstr. 206 D-10969 Berlin Tel. 004930208 25 92 Fax 004930204 44 15 e-mail: ccberlin@czech.cz | .jpg ) | 23. 3. - 1. 5. 2005 Adolf Loos – Villa Müller in Prague The exhibition is organized in cooperation with Deutches Architektur Museum in Frankfurtu am Main. Deutches Architektur Museum-WWW Schaumainkai 43 D-60596 Frankfurt am Main Tel. 00496921238844 Fax 00496921237721 e-mail: info.dam@stadt-frankfurt.de | .jpg ) |
The Chabot Museum Rotterdam presents the Müller Villa
The Chabot museum in Rotterdam presents the exhibition on the restoration and reconstruction of the Müller Villa by Adolf Loos in Prague from 3 July until 16 October 2004. The exhibition is a part of an exchange-project among the Chabot Museum, The City of Prague Museum and the Czech Centre in The Hague. The exhibition took place in London and Brussels as well.
The exhibition itself consists of information panels, a scale model of the villa and samples of materials used during the reconstruction. In the film room of the museum you can watch the film about Adolf Loos, his work, and history and reconstruction of the villa. The exhibition is placed on the second floor of the museum. On the first floor there is a permanent collection of the paintings, sculptures and drawings of the Dutch artist Henk Chabot, who gave the name to the museum.
The Chabott museum has been interested in the villa-style houses for a long time and the choice of Müller Villa was not accidental - see the exhibition Museumpark villa´s in Rrotterdam (1996), A New Housing - De Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgartu (1998,) and White villa´s (2001). The aim of these projects is to create new contacts between the museums and to exchange knowledge and experience.
The attention that the Chabot Museum pays to the similar architecture monuments seems to be attractive both for specialists and broad public, especially young people.
www.chabotmuseum.nl
The Chabot Museum in Rotterdam
A private residence transformed into a museum
A striking white villa on Rotterdam´s Museumpark has been the home of the Chabot Museum since November 1993. Designed in 1938 by architects G.W. Baas and L. Stokla as a private residence in the \\\\\\\"Nieuwe Bouwen\\\\\\\" period, the building houses an important collection of works by the painter and sculptor Hendrik Chabot (Sprang 1894 - Rotterdam 1949). Between the two world wars Chabot, along with artists such as Kruyder and Charley Toorop, was regarded as a leading representative of Dutch expressionism. His highly personal and poignant depictions of peasants, market gardeners and, during World War Two, of refugees, people in hiding and prisoners establish Chabot´s special place in twentieth-century art.
The museum´s history
The Chabot Museum is the result of a private initiative of Mr and Mrs Grootveld. As collectors of Chabot´s work, they were involved in the search for premises which would be a fitting continuation of the Chabot residence/museum administered by Mrs Tol-Breugem in the Rotterdam suburb of Hilligersberg. In 1990 the white villa on Museumpark came on the market. Simultaneously, the Grootvelds purchased Chabot´s wartime paintings from Tol. The acquisition of this collection and of the attractively situated villa guaranteed the perpetuation of the Tol family´s life-work and the continuing accessibility of that collection to the public as an integral part of Rotterdam´s history. The Hendrik Chabot Foundation was set up to administer and exploit the museum. The Foundation´s small board of governors is assisted by an advisory committee.
The collection
The Chabot Museum administers the Grootveld private collection, which comprises the 26 paintings purchased from the Tol family and a large number of Chabot´s paintings and sculptures already owned by the Grootvelds. Together, the two collections provide a varied picture of the different periods in Chabot´s oeuvre. The Chabot Museum hopes to expand this nucleus in future with relevant drawings, prints and sculptures. Significant additions have already been made in recent years in the form of donations and loans. Another project is the registration of data pertaining to Chabot´s total oeuvre in a data bank.
Exhibition policy
In order to attract and retain a varied public´s interest in an institution devoted to a single artist, the Chabot Museum pursues an active exhibition policy. The collection is presented is changing setups, sometimes in combination with thematic exhibitions. These exhibitions highlight Chabot´s artistic context in exclusively and specifically orientated exhibitions with work by other - also present-day - artists.
The Chabot Museum also organises collaborative and exchange projects with similar (private) museums and collections in the Netherlands and abroad, in particular with monographic museums with Expressionism as their special focus. Another activity in which the Chabot museum is involved is the Chabot Prize presented every two years by the Anjerfonds (´Carnation Fund´) to an artist based in the Rijnmond area.
The villa
The white villa was designed in 1938 by architect G.W. Baas for Mr Kraaijeveld of Rotterdam. Baas had worked for the Brinkman & Van der Vlugt office for several years (their collaborations include the Bouvé and Sonneveld villas on Museumpark and the Van Nelle factory), but was acting independently at that time. Execution and detailing were delegated to L. Stokla, Baas himself having been invited to coordinate the construction of the Kröller-Müller Museum on the Hoge Veluwe estate. In the original design for the villa the roof was a large terrace. In 1976 the architect E. Groosman was recruited for the addition of a second storey. The building was in use as office premises until it was sold in 1991.
The villa was converted into a museum by the De Weger architectural and engineering office in Rotterdam, who opted to preserve the building´s light, spacious character both inside and outside. A certain degree of restraint in the interior design enhances this character. The quality of the architecturally ´light´ spaces, the wide opening on the garden side and the unique view of the Museumpark surroundings generate a special climate for the presentation and perception of art. The museum is equipped with a lecture/film space and a coffee bar in the basement. On the first floor are a small library and documentation room.
Hours of opening:
| Tuesday to Friday | 11 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. |
| Saturday | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| Sunday | 12 noon - 5 p.m. |
Guided tours
Guided tours for groups of at least 12 and no more than 20. Reduced rates for groups with prior reservations. For information and reservations call 010-436 37 13.
Chabot Museum
Museumpark 11
3015 CB Rotterdam
tel 010 436 37 13
fax 010 436 03 55
www.chabotmuseum.nl
mail@chabotmuseum.nl
Henk (Hendrik) Chabot
| 1894 | Born on August 2 in Sprang (province of Noord-Brabant).| 1906 | Moves to Rotterdam. Apprenticed to a decorator. | 1909-1919 | Evening classes at the Rotterdam Academy. | His teachers include Derkzen van Angeren (etching) and Van Maasdijk (life drawing). 1915-1940 | Works as a restorer of paintings. | 1916 | Studio on Zuidblaak, shortly afterwards on Wijnstraat. | 1921-1922 | First purchase of prints by C.Schortemeijer, who builds up a collection of work by Chabot and records his contacts with the artist in his diary. Visits the museums in Vienna. | 1922-1939 | Active as a sculptor. | 1922 | Contacts with members of the Rotterdam group of artists ´De Branding´ (1915-1926), including H. Bieling and L. Bolle. First exhibitions. | 1923 | Visits museums in Berlin, Dresden and Munich. | 1927 | Marries Antonia Tolenaars. | 1930-1933 | City and port motifs. | F.J. Brevet starts collecting Chabot´s landscapes. 1933 | Visits Vrouwenpolder, meets Charley Toorop and art-critic A.M. Hammacher. | Associated with the ´R33´ group of artists. 1933-1940 | Exhibits annually (except in 1935) in the Van Lier gallery in Amsterdam, along with Van Dongen, Sluyters, Raedecker, C. Toorop, Ket. His work attracts the interest of critics and collectors. These exhibitions establish Chabot´s reputaton. | 1934 | Moves to Bergschenhoek on the Rotte river. Leaves works in storage in the Wijnstraat studio. | 1935-1940 | Derives subject-matter from the life of market-gardeners. | 1937 | Concrete sculpture ´The Footballer´ unveiled in Rotterdam´s Feyenoord stadium. | 1940 | The Wijnstraat studio destroyed by fire. Much of Chabot´s early work is lost. | 1940-1945 | Subject-matter influenced by the war. Chabot refuses to become a member of the ´Kulturkammer´. | 1945 | The Tols´ first purchases of Chabot´s work lay the foundations for the future Hendrik Chabot Museum in Rotterdam. | 1946 | Shows of wartime paintings at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Rotterdam Art Circle, the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht herald new fame for Chabot. | 1946-1953 | Chabot is represented abroad in various exhibitions of New Dutch art. | 1949 | Dies on May 2 1949. | |
from 18th January till 27th February will be entrance fee to the Müller villa cutted down on 50 %
Czech Cubism Foundation
Mission and vision
Protection of cultural heritage, especially architecture and utility art designed in the first half of the twentieth century. Assistance with restoration and protection of the Czech Republic´s cultural heritage whose importance transcends the local region.
Current plan
Reconstruction of Bauer´s Villa at Libodřice 111, a structure designed by Architect Josef Gočár. Bauer´s Villa at Libodřice 111 is considered cultural heritage in accordance with Act 20/1987 Coll. The structure has been placed on the State List of Immovable Cultural Heritage based on a decision taken by the Kolín Municipal Authority on November 19, 1987 under Reg. No. 2-3451.
Bauer´s Villa in Libodřice
An excellent example of Czech cubist architecture, Bauer´s Villa in Libodřice u Kolína was designed by Josef Gočár for local landlord Adolf Bauer during 1912-1914. In its previous cubist designs completed in the beginning of 1912, such as the House at the Black Mother of God in Prague and a spa building in Bohdaneč, the architect put on display horizontal and vertical construction elements. In contrast, the concept of the Libodřice villa employs a block stereometric pattern, similar to Gočár´s unexecuted cubist designs of a school in Chotěboř and a theater in Jindřichův Hradec, both completed in September of 1912. Gočár´s final drawings of the Libodřice villa were most likely finished at the end of that year as well.
Characteristic for the appearance of Bauer´s villa is the fact that cubist forms are not limited to decorative star-shaped window edging and a skewed main cornice. Gočár used cubist motives throughout the villa, as demonstrated by three joint polygonal bays on the south side of the structure. The spatial composition of the villa is more traditional, although the interior does employ some cubist details. After the death of Adolf Bauer in 1929, the villa passed to his heirs. Ten years later, it was confiscated by German occupation forces as a Jewish property. For many years after the second world war, the villa housed the local municipal offices.
Reconstruction of Bauer´s Villa
Reconstruction of Bauer´s Villa will include restoration of the structure, its interior, and technical facilities. The interior will be restored and furniture added with an emphasis on adherence to the preserved historical documentation. A fence will be built around the villa and the adjacent garden. Preserved valuable trees will be restored and additional vegetation will be planted.
Estimated cost: CZK 20 million.
Expected beginning of reconstruction: April 2004
Expected completion of reconstruction: September 2006
Museum of Cubist Design
Shortly after completion of the reconstruction project, a museum will be opened in the villa which will house a permanent exhibition of furniture and designs from the cubist period with special attention paid to works of Architect Josef Gočár.
Czech Cubism Foundation
Ostrovní 30 / 126
110 00 Prague 1
| Telephone: | 224 933 467, 224 933 801 |
| Fax: | 224 933 478 |
| E-mail: | info@nck.cz majdisova@nck.cz ruschakova@nck.cz |
Identification Number: 2673 8465
Bank:
Raiffeisenbank a.s.
Národní 9
Prague 1
Account Number: 104 101 66 79 / 5500
Public Fundraising:
Bank: Raiffeisenbank a.s., Národní 9, Prague 1 Branch
Account Number: 105 101 22 33 / 550
.:T O U R:.
On Saturday October 9, 2004 from 19:00 will be evening tour of villa Müller.
Reservation of the tour on e-mail adress vila.muller@muzeumprahy.cz or phone number + 420 224312012.