Building and business activities of the Löw-Beer family
Lecture by a team of researchers at the Tugendhat Villa
In August of last year, the publication “Löw-Beer Villas and the History of One Business Family” was released, dedicated to the family of Jewish textile magnates and merchants, the Löw-Beers. The authors explore the rise of the family from the Boskovice ghetto to textile magnates and patrons active not only in Brno but throughout the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy. They also focus on the intricate genealogy of the family and its economic and construction activities.
The lecture by a collective of researchers, who are also co-authors of this book, will be opened by Petra Svobodová, curator of the Löw-Beer Villa in Brno. She will speak about the history and present of the Art Nouveau parent villa of Greta Tugendhat at Drobného Street 22 (below the Tugendhat villa). The restoration of the building was completed in December of last year, and the villa will be opened to the public in the summer of this year.
Historians Vladimír Veleší and Vladimír Velešík Jr. will present the Brno branch of the Löw-Beer family and its business and construction activities in the region of today’s Poličsko and Svitavsko, including the Löw-Beer villas in Svitávka and Brněnec-Půlpec.
The chronicler of the town of Svitávka Pavel Krejcar will introduce the family tree of the Löw-Beer family, which is still being expanded, and briefly present the personality of Fritz Löw-Beer, a cousin of Greta Tugendhat and a significant collector of East Asian art.
Dagmar Černoušková (Study and Documentation Center – Tugendhat Villa) will conclude by briefly recalling the villa of Fritz's brother Ernst Löw-Beer, which he had built in Brno-Pisárky in the mid-1930s.
The lecture series will close with the screening of a dramatized documentary about the Jewish business family Löw-Beer in Svitávka, “The Story of a Found Suitcase.”
Finally, a ceremonial toast will inaugurate the traveling exhibition of the Löw-Beer Villa, installed in the technical floor of the Tugendhat Villa.
The lecture will take place on Monday, February 16, 2015, at 5 PM. (The villa tour is not part of the lecture).
Due to the exceptional number of speakers and the screening of a twenty-minute documentary, the lecture will last approximately 2 hours.
Admission is 100 CZK; students and seniors 50 CZK
Reservation for the lecture is required at: +420 515 511 015 / 017 or by email: [email protected] (limited capacity of 70 persons).
More information >
The lecture by a collective of researchers, who are also co-authors of this book, will be opened by Petra Svobodová, curator of the Löw-Beer Villa in Brno. She will speak about the history and present of the Art Nouveau parent villa of Greta Tugendhat at Drobného Street 22 (below the Tugendhat villa). The restoration of the building was completed in December of last year, and the villa will be opened to the public in the summer of this year.
Historians Vladimír Veleší and Vladimír Velešík Jr. will present the Brno branch of the Löw-Beer family and its business and construction activities in the region of today’s Poličsko and Svitavsko, including the Löw-Beer villas in Svitávka and Brněnec-Půlpec.
The chronicler of the town of Svitávka Pavel Krejcar will introduce the family tree of the Löw-Beer family, which is still being expanded, and briefly present the personality of Fritz Löw-Beer, a cousin of Greta Tugendhat and a significant collector of East Asian art.
Dagmar Černoušková (Study and Documentation Center – Tugendhat Villa) will conclude by briefly recalling the villa of Fritz's brother Ernst Löw-Beer, which he had built in Brno-Pisárky in the mid-1930s.
The lecture series will close with the screening of a dramatized documentary about the Jewish business family Löw-Beer in Svitávka, “The Story of a Found Suitcase.”
Finally, a ceremonial toast will inaugurate the traveling exhibition of the Löw-Beer Villa, installed in the technical floor of the Tugendhat Villa.
The lecture will take place on Monday, February 16, 2015, at 5 PM. (The villa tour is not part of the lecture).
Due to the exceptional number of speakers and the screening of a twenty-minute documentary, the lecture will last approximately 2 hours.
Admission is 100 CZK; students and seniors 50 CZK
Reservation for the lecture is required at: +420 515 511 015 / 017 or by email: [email protected] (limited capacity of 70 persons).
More information >
The English translation is powered by AI tool. Switch to Czech to view the original text source.
0 comments
add comment
