Vladimír Karfík and the Inspiration of America: Internship With Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and His Projects for Baťa

29. March - 11. June 2023

Opening: 28st March at 5 pm

March 29th – 11th June 2023

Graphic cabinet, 2nd floor of the building 14

Author of exhibition: Jindřich Chatrný

Curator for Regional Gallery of Fine Arts: Ladislava Horňáková

The exhibition focuses on the world personality of Frank Lloyd Wright in confrontation with the work of architect Vladimír Karfík, who worked in his studio in America from 1928 to 1929. He then used a lot of the knowledge and experience gained there in his work in Zlín at the Bat'a company. The exhibition presents original planning and photographic documentation of protagonists of the world architectural scene from the collection of the Brno City Museum - e.g. the design of the St. Mark's Tower in New York or photographs of F. L. Wright's buildings. Karfík's realisations for the Baťa company are presented in photographs by Josef Sudek and Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák.