- Emil Králíček
Emil Králíček (1877 - 1930) was a Czech architect.
Králíček studied at Prague Industrial Arts School and in the offices of
Antonin Balsanek in Prague andJoseph Maria Olbrich in Darmstadt. He began designing in Prague around 1900 in the office of Matěj Blecha, and worked in the styles of classicism, Art Nouveau,Czech Cubism andCzech Rondocubism successively. Beginning as draftsman Králíček worked himself into a position of project manager, and developed collaborations with a number of Czech sculptors likeCelda Klouček ,Antonín Waigant and Karel Pavlík.Králíček started his own office in 1920, and committed suicide ten years afterward.
Work includes:
* Hotel Zlatá Husa,
Wenceslas Square in Prague, withMatěj Blecha , 1909-1910
* Adam Pharmacy, at #8 Wenceslas Square, with Blecha, 1911-1913
* the Diamant House in Prague, with Blecha, 1912-1913
* Šupich Building, now the Moravian Bank, Wenceslas Square, possible attribution with BlechaSources
* [http://www.kubista.cz/en/cubism-pofile/Emil-Kralicek.html short English-language biography]
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