Hofman Vlastislav 1884–1964, Artěl, sdružení

Large cubist lamp

stamp ARTĚL PRAHA, Bohemia, design until 1918, Vlastislav Hofman for Artel, copper, milk glass (later), bakelite, table lamp on circular convex base, shade decorated with circular profiles, height 48 cm, later electrification
Vlastislav Hofman was a versatile artist and architect, urban planner, industrial designer, interior designer, painter, graphic artist, scenographer, also a theoretician and critic of architecture and applied arts. As an architect he designed, for example, the Jirásek and Štefánik bridges in Prague. As a scenographer he created over 400 sets for the National Theatre in Prague and the Vinohrady Theatre. From 1918 he was a painter and Čapek, Špála, Zrzavy and Marvánek, he was a member of the Tvrdošíjní group. As an industrial artist, he collaborated with the Artěl cooperative, for which he produced works in glass, metal and ceramics. In 1911 he participated in preparations for the founding of a generational avant-garde group, at whose founding meeting Filla, Gočár, Gutfreund and Janák were present at its founding meeting. Lit.: Zlatá Paha 1918, no. 48, year. XXXV., p. 576; Fronek J., Artěl. Art for Everyday Life 1908-1935, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague 2009, p. 260.