Karel Teige

Karel Teige (13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951) was a Czech modernist avant-garde artist, writer, critic and one of the most important figures of the 1920s and 1930s movement. He was a member of the Devětsil (Butterbur) movement in the 1920s and also worked as an editor and graphic designer for Devětsil's monthly magazine ReD (Revue Devětsilu). One of his major works on architecture theory is The Minimum Dwelling (1932).

Karel Teige
Teige with Toyen in 1925
Born(1900-12-13)13 December 1900
Prague, Austria-Hungary
Died1 October 1951(1951-10-01) (aged 50)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
OccupationPublicist, literary critic
NationalityCzech
RelativesJosef Teige (father)
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