Robert Jahoda

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Robert Jahoda (born 1862 in Bochnia, died in 1947 in Kraków) - bookbinder, author of artistic publishing. He studied in Cracow, Tarnow, Lviv and Vienna. In 1887 he founded a publishing house in Cracow.

Participated in more than 20 exhibitions, won a gold medal in Lviv in 1894 at the First National Exhibition. In 1900 he triumphed in Paris, in 1902 again in Lviv, in 1910 in Vienna, in 1914 at the World Book Exposition of Bugra Books in Leipzig, in 1922 in Italy, and in 1935 again in Paris.

Jahoda was a member and active activist of the Society of Book Fans, the Brotherhood of Traders, as well as the Senior Bookmaker and Honorary Member of the Order. Many libraries - Jagiellonian, Polish Academy of Arts, Czartoryski, Kórnicka and Old Archive of Cracow have commissioned Jahod to preserve and decorate their collections (eg Renovation of Jan Dlugosz's Chronicles from the Czartoryski Library).

Jahody collaborated as designers of book covers with the following artists: Karol Frycz, Witold Chomicz, Henryk Starzyński and Henryk Uziembło. The inspiration was the work of Stanisław Wyspiański, who introduced new fonts and innovative composition of the pagina system.

Jahody's company also dealt with the framing of paintings. Jacek Malczewski and three generations of Kossak were used by Jan Matejko, Jacek Malczewski and three generations of Kossak. They were: Wlodzimierz Tetmajer, Wojciech Weiss, Leon Wyczolkowski, Julian Falat, Piotr Stachiewicz, Stefan Filipkiewicz, Mieczyslaw Filipkiewicz, Kazimierz Sichulski, Stanisław Fabijinski, Teodor Axentowicz and Alexander Augustinovich. These artists often ordered frames for their own designs. Robert Jahody's son - Dr Robert Jahoda-Żółtowski was twice a member of the Diet of the Second Polish Republic.

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