Emil Králíček
Illustration — Emil Králíček 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 Joseph Maria Olbrich 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.
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Emil Králíček
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- Born
- 1877 · Havlíčkův Brod.
- Died
- 1930 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary
- Occupation
- architect · general contractor
- Fields
- architecture
- Known for
- Church of Saint Adalbert in Libeň · Cubist Lamp Post · Diamant House · Palác Rokoko
- Languages
- Czech
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Illustration — Emil Králíček 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 Joseph Maria Olbrich 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.
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Emil Králíček (1877–1930) was an Austro-Hungarian architect and general contractor. Born in Havlíčkův Brod, the architect died in Prague. Emil Králíček was active in architecture.
Works include Church of Saint Adalbert in Libeň, Cubist Lamp Post, Diamant House and Palác Rokoko. Languages used include Czech.
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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.
Work includes: • Hotel Zlatá Husa, Wenceslas Square 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
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• Illustration — Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913, entrance • Illustration — Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913, elevation • Illustration — Cubist lantern near Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913 • Illustration — Villa Benies, Litol, 1912-1913 • Illustration — Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919 • Illustration — Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, elevation detail • Illustration — Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, elevation detail • Illustration — Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, roof of the arcade • Illustration — Diamant house, Prague, 1912-1913 • Illustration — Diamant house, Prague, 1912-1913, entrance • Illustration — Diamant house, Prague, 1912-1913, elevation detail • Illustration — St John Arc, Prague, 1912-1913
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Emil Králíček is recorded as architect and general contractor.
Dům podnikatele Jindřicha Vaňka (1869-1948) postavený roku 1911 stavitelstvím Matěje Blechy podle návrhu Emila Králíčka, Bubenské nábřeží 861, Praha 7
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Náhrobek Emila Králíčka na hřbitově Třeboradice
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1877
Emil Králíček was born in 1877 at Havlíčkův Brod.
1930
Emil Králíček died in 1930 at Prague.
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- 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)
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