1935 Henri Delacroix Interior Pochoir Print ‘Studio Bar’ Home of Mr. A. B., Paris - Jacques Adnet, Architect and Interior Decorator.
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Josip Seissel Architectural Drawings ‘Pavilion of Yugoslavia, Paris Expo’ 1937.
Seissel was born on January 10, 1904 in Krapina, Croatia. Seissel was an architect, urban planner, zenitist, surrealist, and a distant forerunner of the Croatian avant-garde, anticipating the avant-garde in theory and practice before the term had even been established at home and abroad. He earned his degree in architecture at the Technical Faculty in Zagreb in 1929. He was employed at the Department for the Regulation of Zagreb, and later he was appointed director of the School of Applied Arts. After 1945 he worked at the Ministry of Construction, and from 1965 as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb. In 1962 Seissel became a full member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts. With his co-workers Seissel designed the urban plans of certain parts of Zagreb (University and Pioneer Town), studies for the regions of Makarska, Baško Polje, Šibenik, Mljet and Niksic (Montenegro), and independently, plans for the cemetery Miroševac, Maksimir Park, a memorial area in Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes and many others.
In parallel with his architectural career, throughout life Seissel was interested in visual art and left behind a great drawing and painting ouevre. He participated in the avant-garde movements related to the Group Travelers and Zenit magazine, under the pseudonym Jo Klek. He is considered to be the founder of Croatian Constructivism and pioneer of Surrealism. Seissel is the author of the painting "Pafama" (short for Papierfarbenmalerei) dated 1922, considered to be the first abstract composition of Croatian modern art. It is characterized by clearly constructivist formal features, which at that time constituted a synonym for European avant-garde art. The importance of "Pafama" is not only in marking the appearance of the avant-garde in Croatia, but also for its long lasting impact on Croatian art production of the XX century, especially the 50's and 60's during which neo-constructivist tendencies dominated.
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Johannes Niemeyer Architectural Drawing, Vierfamilienhaus der Chemischen Fabrik Buchkau, 1925.
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Architectural Drawings and Specifications - Complete Church Plans by E. J. Gier, Proposed 1937,
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Jules Guerin - Façade of Transportation Building at Night.
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Hugh Ferriss - Psycho-Noir Cityscapes