Pestrý týden was a Czech illustrated weekly magazine published from 2 November 1926 to 28 April 1945, during the First and Second Czechoslovak Republics and during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.Vilgus, P. (2001). Pestrý týden, 2. listopadu 1926-28. dubna 1945: vznik, existence a zánik nejlepšího ilustrovaného týdeníku první a druhé Československé republiky a období Protektorátu Čechy a Morava. Czechia: Petr Vilgus. It helped establish top photo-reporters of the 1930s, such as Karel Hájek, Václav Jírů and Ladislav Sitenský.Greenberg, H., Birgus, V. (2007). Czech Vision: Avant-garde Photography in Czechoslovakia. Germany: Distributed Art Pub Incorporated. Published and printed by Grafické závody ('Graphic Works')Středisko. (1987). (n.p.): Profil. by Václav Neubert and Sons, based in Smíchov, Prague it was issued in 963 numbers.
Establishment
Pestrý týden was founded by Karel Neubert,Slavné osobnosti v dějinách Prahy 5: příběhy nevšedních životů. (2006). Czechia: Perseus. who managed it until its demise in 1945. In English, the title may be translated as 'Colourful', 'Variegated' or 'Prismatic Week'.
The editorial circle in the first years consisted of: journalist Milena Jesenská,Hockaday, M. (1997). Kafka, Love and Courage: The Life of Milena Jesenska. United States: Harry N. Abrams graphic artist Vratislav Hugo Brunner, painter, poet and founding member of Devětsil Adolf Hoffmeister, and publisher Karel Neubert. This group of editors sought to create an intellectual magazine. At the end of the 1920s, this editorial office was replaced by a group around Jaromír Johna, under whom it was transformed from an élite revue into a pictorial family weekly for the middle classes. Thanks to this new focus, the circulation of Pestrý týden increased to hundreds of thousands of copies in a short time and it was able to establish itself against considerable competition from other First Republic periodicals Pražský ilustrovaný zpravodaj, Letem světem, Světozor, Ahoj, Star, Světový zdroj zábavy, Eva, Hvězda československých paní a dívek and List paní a dívek.
Zenith Pestrý týden peak years were 1938–1939 during which its "flawless gravure printing, as well as comprehensive articles and columns from home and abroad"Pachmanová, M. (2005). Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague 1885-2005. Czechia: Vysoká škola umělecko-průmyslová. made it qualitatively the equal of contemporaneous world weekly picture magazines. During a tense period in Czech history it excelled in printed picture reportage by top Czech photographers to an extent unprecedented in competing papers.Orzoff, A. (2000). Battle for the Castle: The Friday Men and the Czechoslovak Republic, 1918-1938. United States: Stanford University.
During the Protectorate From 1940, Pestrý týden was the official organ of ('Joy of Life'), the sole socio-political movement in the Protectorate, National Partnership. The period marks a gradual decline in quality. Under the Nazi protectorate, the magazine diverged from its news function, with the exception of ideologically distorted news from Germany, and instead covered more general stories. Publisher and editor-in-chief Karel Neubert did his best not to promote Nazi ideology more than he was forced to by the authorities.Štemberk, J., Jakubec, I. (2018). Cestovní ruch pod dohledem třetí říše. Czechia: Univerzita Karlova, NakladatelstvíKarolinum.Móda v ulicích protektorátu. (2013). (n.p.): Grada Publishing a.s.
Cessation Pestrý týden ceased publication just before the outbreak of the Prague uprising in 1945. In less than a month, the former editors formed a new news weekly called Svět v obrazech ('The World in Pictures').Pestrý týden in memoriam TGM v Praze dne 19. října 1937. (1937). Czechia: Vyd. Pestrý týden.Str̆edisko. (1987). Czechia: Profil.
Prominent contributing photographers
Bibliography Vilgus, Petr: České ilustrované časopisy mezi roky 1918–1945 na příkladu Pražského ilustrovaného zpravodaje a Pestrého týdne, Praha 2007. available online. Vilgus, Petr: Pestrý týden, 2. listopadu 1926 – 28. dubna 1945 : Vznik, existence a zánik nejlepšího ilustrovaného týdeníku první a druhé Československé republiky an období Protektorátu Čechy a Morava, Praha-Opava 2001, . available online.
References
External links Digitised copies of Pestrý týden at Digitální knihovně