Jaromír Krejcar

Jaromír Krejcar (25 July 1895, Hundsheim, Austria – 5 October 1950, London) was a Czech functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil.

He collaborated with Czech structural engineer, Dr. Jaroslav Joseph Polivka on the internationally acclaimed Czech Pavilion at the Paris Exposition of 1937.

Krejcar was husband of journalist Milena Jesenská and father of Jana Krejcarová. After the communist coup in 1948 he went to exile to the United Kingdom.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 14930274 ISNI: 0000 0001 1745 5376 SUDOC: 061441384 BNF: cb135231523 (data) ULAN: 500015870 NKC: jk01063162 RKD: 300694

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