Emil Králíček (11 October 1877 – 26 March 1930) was a Czech architect. Králíček studied at Prague Industrial Arts School and in the offices of Antonin Balsanek in Prague and

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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 and Czech Rondocubism successively. Beginning as draftsman Králíček worked himself into a position of project manager, and developed collaborations with a number of Czech sculptors like Celda Klouček, Antonín Waigant and Karel Pavlík. Králíček started his own office in 1920, and committed suicide ten years afterward.

Projects

Work includes: * Hotel Zlatá Husa,

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in Prague, with Matěj 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 Blecha

Gallery

File:KralicekAdamPharmacy.jpg, Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913, entrance File:KralicekAdamElevation.jpg, Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913, elevation File:Kubistická lampa na Jugmanově náměstí.jpg, Cubist lantern near Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913 File:Litolska vila.jpg, Villa Benies, Litol, 1912-1913 File:KralicekSupich.jpg, Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919 File:KralicekSupichElevation1.jpg, Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, elevation detail File:KralicekSupichElevation2.jpg, Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, elevation detail File:KralicekSupichArcade.jpg, Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, roof of the arcade File:KralicekDiamant.jpg, Diamant house, Prague, 1912-1913 File:KralicekDiamantEntrance.jpg, Diamant house, Prague, 1912-1913, entrance File:KralicekDiamantDetail.jpg, Diamant house, Prague, 1912-1913, elevation detail File:KralicekDiamantStJohn.jpg, St John Arc, Prague, 1912-1913

External links

Short English-language biography

Sources

* LUKEŠ, Zdeněk. Lampa, která předběhla dobu. Lidové noviny. 10. 4. 2010, s. 31. ISSN 0862-5921. * LUKEŠ, Zdeněk. Emil Králíček : zapomenutý mistr secese a kubismu. Praha: Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera, 2004. . (česky, deutsch) * KOHOUT, Michal; TEMPL, Stephan; ŠLAPETA, Vladimír. In: Praha : Architektura XX. století. Praha: Zlatý řez, 1998 (2. vydání). . * ŠVÁCHA, Rostislav. Od moderny k funkcionalismu: Proměny pražské architektury 1. poloviny 20. století. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994 (2. vydání). . * LUKEŠ, Zdeněk. Emil Králíček. Zlatý řez. Leden 1993, čís. 3, s. 6-11. ISSN 1210-4760. * LUKEŠ, Zdeněk; SVOBODA, Jan E. Architekt E. Králíček - zapomenutý zjev české secese a kubismu. Umění. 1984, roč. 32, čís. 5, s. 441-449. ISSN 1804-6509. (česky, německé resumé)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kralicek, Emil Czech architects 1877 births 1930 deaths Art Nouveau architects 1930 suicides