Group 42


Group 42 was a Czech artistic group officially established on 27 November 1942. The group's activity ceased in 1948 when they were banned by the government, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still evident in further years.
This group was primarily influenced by civilism, cubism, futurism, constructivism, existentialism, and surrealism, and their work revealed a characteristic fascination with technology, evident in their frequent focus on cities, factories, industry, and machines. The human characters are generally common townspeople.
The article The World We Live In by Jindřich Chalupecký provided Group 42's primary theoretical foundation.

Members

Poets

Painters

Carver

Photographer

Theoreticians