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
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and
Joseph Maria Olbrich
Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders.
Early life
Olbrich was born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia (modern day Opava, Czech Republic), the third child of Edm ...
in
Darmstadt
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. He began designing in Prague around 1900 in the office of Matěj Blecha, and worked in the styles of
classicism
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,
Art Nouveau
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,
Czech Cubism
Czech Cubism (referred to more generally as Cubo-Expressionism) was an avant-garde art movement of Czech proponents of Cubism, active mostly in Prague from 1912 to 1914. Prague was perhaps the most important center for Cubism outside Paris before ...
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
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and Karel Pavlík.
Králíček started his own office in 1920, and committed suicide ten years afterward.
Projects
Work includes:
* Hotel Zlatá Husa,
Wenceslas Square
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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
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Czech architects
1877 births
1930 deaths
Art Nouveau architects
1930 suicides