- Josef Gočár
Josef Gočár (
March 13 ,1880 ,Semín near Přelouč -September 10 ,1945 ,Jičín ), was a Czecharchitect , one of the founders of modern architecture inCzechoslovakia .Josef Gočár received his early instruction at the State Technical School in
Prague . At the age of 23 he went to study underJan Kotěra at the Prague School of Applied Arts. For two years afterward, 1906-1908, Gočár was employed by Kotěra’s studio. At that time he decided to join theMánes Union of Fine Arts , but left it in 1911 to join the Cubist Group of Visual Artists. Gočár joinedPavel Janák ,Josef Chochol and Odoln Grege in founding the Prague Art Workshops in 1912. In 1924, following the death of Kotěra, Gočár became a professor at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts.After his involvement in cubism, Gočár turned to “national”
Czech Rondocubism style in the early 20s. Later on he adopted the Functionalist approach to architecture. Among his greatest accomplishments is the Czechoslovak Pavilion for the Exposition internatale des art decoratifs et industriels modernes in Paris of 1925; he was awarded the Grand Prize for that design. In 1926 Gočár was awarded the Ordre de laLégion d'honneur .Works
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Wenke Department Store , Jaroměř, (1909-1911)
*House of the Black Madonna ,Prague 's Old Town (1911-1912)
*Bauer villa , Libodřice nearKolín , (1912-1913)
* Dům Zemědělské osvěty, Vinohrady, Prague, 1924-1926
* Saint Wenceslas church, Vršovice, Prague, 1929-1930
* A 10 year period oftown planning andbuilding design for Hradec Králové where a large street still bears his name today.See also
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Czech Cubism External links
* [http://www.nck.cz/arch_josef_gocar.php?lg=eng Biography (in English)]
* [http://www.modernista.cz/english/ma_gocar.html Short biography (in English)]
* [http://zivotopisyonline.cz/josef-gocar.php Biography (in Czech)]
* [http://www.archiweb.cz/architects.php?type=arch&action=show&id=445 List of works (in Czech)]
* [http://www.volny.cz/kamil.fris/josefgocar/ Photographies of his works (text in Czech)]
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