THE LOST ARCHITECTURE OF JEAN WELZ

WYETH, P.

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ISBN:978-1-954600-00-3
EAN:9781954600003
Editorial: DOPPEL HOUSE PRESS
Fecha de la edición:2022
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:346
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A leading painter still highly regarded in South Africa, Jean Welz's prior architectural career has been virtually unknown until a string of discoveries unfolded for author and filmmaker Peter Wyeth, allowing him to narrate this amazing true tale of genius. Trained in ultra-sophisticated, but conservative Vienna, Welz was sent to Paris for the 1925 Art Deco exhibition by his influential employer, renowned architect Josef Hoffmann. There he met preeminent modern architects Le Corbusier and Adolf Loos. The latter employed him to assist in building a house for the founder of Dada, Tristan Tzara. They all mixed in avant-garde circles at the Dôme Café in Montparnasse along with Welz's classmate from Vienna, later Chicago-based architect Gabriel Guevrekian; Welz's future employer Raymond Fischer, whose archive was mostly destroyed by Nazis; and photographer André Kertész.