Stanislav Sucharda

Stanislav Sucharda (12 November 1866 in

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– 5 May 1916 in

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) was a Czech sculptor and professor at the

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of Applied Arts from 1899, and a leading figure in the

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(S.U.V. Mánes), founded in 1887. His work can be seen at the

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Monument in the

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, and

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on several

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

buildings for Czech architects

Osvald Polívka Osvald Polívka (24 May 1859 in Enns – 30 April 1931 in Prague) was an Austrian Empire-born architect associated with the Art Nouveau period in Prague. Polívka designed many of Prague's significant landmarks of the era, plus other work in Brno ...

and

Jan Kotěra Jan Kotěra (18 December 1871 – 17 April 1923) was a Czech architect, artist and interior designer, and one of the key figures of modern architecture in Bohemia. Biography Kotěra was born in Brno, the largest city in Moravia, to a Czech fath ...

, notably Polívka's New City Hall in Prague. He also designed a monument to Czech composer

Karel Bendl Karel Bendl, or , pseudonym: ''Podskalský'' (16 April 1838, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire 20 September 1897, Prague) was a Czech composer. Life Bendl was born and died in Prague. He studied at the organ school, where he met and befriende ...

which stands in

, in the northwest sections of Prague. Stanislav Sucharda was the brother of sculptor and puppeteer

Vojtěch Sucharda Vojtěch Sucharda (6 January 1884, in Nová Paka – 31 October 1968, in Prague) was a Czech sculptor, woodcarver and puppeteer. Life Sucharda was born into an artistic family as the son of sculptor Antonín Sucharda, Jr. (1843–1911). He was ...

and artist

Anna Boudová Suchardová Anna Boudová Suchardová (23 October 1870, Nová Paka – 14 May 1940, Prague) was a Czech artist known as a still-life painter, ceramicist, textile artist and book illustrator. Life Anna Suchardová was born into an artistic family as the daugh ...

. He is buried at the

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in Prague. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sucharda, Stanislav 1866 births 1916 deaths Czech architectural sculptors Czech sculptors Czech medallists Czech male sculptors Art Nouveau sculptors 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors People from Nová Paka Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery Sculptors from Austria-Hungary