K institucionálnímu vývoji lidové umělecké výroby v Československu po roce 1945 / On the Institutional Development of Folk Art Production in Czechoslovakia after 1945

Abstract

The study focuses on the phenomenon of institutionalization of folk art production in Czechoslovakia after 1945. The main attention is paid to the public corporation called the Center of Folk Art Production, which was established on the basis of the President’s decree immediately after the end of World War II. This center existed after 1948, and for the next few decades it has become a means of development, cultivation, as well as basic research. folk production and crafts during the communist regime. The text focuses mainly on the main trends in the field of folk production and also on the question of linking the professional and artistic components of the state organization with commercial aspirations (shops Krásna jizba). When compiling a chronological review of this institution, the author combines data from the literature published after 1989 with period information from articles published before 1989 in the magazine Umění a řemesla.

Keywords

• folk
• art
• production
• czechoslovakia
• communism
• etnography
• institution