Josef Gočár
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Josef Gočár (born March 13, 1880 in Semín , Austro-Hungarian monarchy ; † September 10, 1945 in Jičín , Czechoslovakia ) was a Czech architect and town planner. He is considered one of the protagonists of modern Czech architecture.
Gočár studied under Jan Kotěra in Prague and was later a professor himself at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague . One of his students here was Karl Kohn between 1918 and 1920 .
His buildings were initially shaped by Cubism , before he turned to a specifically Czech style, Rondo Cubism . At the end of the 1920s, his buildings took on functionalist forms without becoming one of the purists of this style. As an urban planner and architect, Gočár gave the town of Hradec Králové in particular its modern character.
Gočár exerted great influence not only through his architectural works but also as a university lecturer. From 1932 to 37 he was chairman of the Mánes Art Association .
Works (selection)
- Concrete stairs at St. Mary's Church in Hradec Králové (1910)
- House of the Black Mother of God (1911-12)
- Bathhouse in Bohdaneč (1912)
- Bank of the Czechoslovak Legions in Prague (1922-25)
- Anglo-Czechoslovak bank in Prague (1923-1924)
- Development of Masarykovo náměstí in Hradec Králové (1924–26)
- House of Economic Folk Culture in Prague (1924-25)
- Exhibition pavilion of the Czechoslovak Republic at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris (1925)
- School complex at Tylovo nabřeží in Hradec Králové (1924-27)
- AVU pavilion, Brno Exhibition Center
- Several villas in the Baba settlement in Prague (1928–34)
- "Palác Fénix" - functionalist office building of the Phoenix insurance company on Wenceslas Square in Prague (1928)
- St. Wenceslas Church in Prague-Vršovice (1928–1933)
- St. Ambrose prayer house in Hradec Králové (Königgrätz, 1929)
- Competition draft for the State Gallery in Prague (1929, not executed)
- Competition draft for the pension institution in Prague (1929, not carried out)
- Jaruškův dům in Královo Pole , Brno
- Pavilions and villas in Lázně Bohdaneč
photos
House of the Black Mother of God (Dům U Černé Matky Boží)
Water tower in Lázně Bohdaneč
Church of St. Wenceslas in Prague
School building in Ústí nad Labem
Museum in Jaroměř
The Rondo-Cubist Bank of the Legions in Prague, Na Poříčí
Book cover, architectural monograph on Josef Gočár, Geneva, 1930
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Gočár in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Josef Gočár in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Josef Gočár. In: arch INFORM .
- Česká tisková kancelář (ČTK): Josef Gočár - největší osobnost české architektury 20. století . Josef Gočár - the greatest figure in 20th century Czech architecture , online at www.byznys.ihned.cz, accessed on June 8, 2010 (Czech, access restricted)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zuzana Güllendi-Cimprichová: Modern Transfer Czechoslovakia - Ecuador. On the life and work of the German-speaking Jewish architect Karl Kohn (1894-1979) . In: kunsttexte.de, No. 1, 2014, pp. 1–11, online at edoc.hu-berlin.de (PDF file, here p. 1)
- ^ Directory of the presidents of the SVU Mánes
- ↑ Dr. Zdenek Wirth: Josef Gocár . Verlag Meister der Baukunst , Geneva, 1930, p. 52.
- ↑ A new school complex in Czechoslovakia. Architect: Josef Gočár . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development, vol. 14, 1930, pp. 231–233 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gočár, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech architect and urban planner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Semín , Austro-Hungarian monarchy |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Jičín , Czechoslovakia |