Jan Štursa
Jan Štursa was a sculptor, exhibition curator, teacher, illustrator and medalist (1880–1925). He was born in Nové Město na Moravě and died in Prague.
Also recorded as Jan Stursa
Biography
Jan Štursa is recorded as sculptor, exhibition curator, teacher, illustrator and medalist.
Jan Štursa studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. Břetislav Benda and Ivan Severa are recorded as having studied under Jan Štursa. The recorded working language is Czech.
Work by Jan Štursa is recorded in the collections of National Gallery Prague.
Catalogued output
Works
Their recorded dates run from 1906 to 1927.
Statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
1926
Probuzení
1923
Statue of Bedřich Smetana in Litomyšl. statue Toilet
1908. Gravestone of Otakar Georgius Paroubek
Statue of Svatopluk Čech in Vinohrady
1924
Seafaring, dated 1927. Monument to Hana Kvapilová
1913
Den a Noc
1911
Práce
1911
Humanita
1911
Statue of a girl at Mozarteum
1912
Man with a lyre
1912
Woman with a Dolphin
1910 · National Gallery Prague
Melancholic Girl
1906 · National Gallery Prague
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1880–1927
The full dated record · 13 entries
1880
Jan Štursa was born in 1880 at Nové Město na Moravě.
1906
Melancholic Girl, dated 1906, held by National Gallery Prague.
1908
statue Toilet is dated 1908.
1910
Woman with a Dolphin, dated 1910, held by National Gallery Prague.
1911
Den a Noc is dated 1911.
1912
Statue of a girl at Mozarteum is dated 1912.
1912
Man with a lyre is dated 1912.
1913
monument to Hana Kvapilová is dated 1913.
1923
Probuzení is dated 1923.
1924
Statue of Svatopluk Čech in Vinohrady is dated 1924.
1925
Jan Štursa died in 1925 at Prague.
1926
Statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk is dated 1926.
1927
Seafaring is dated 1927.
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Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Prague
Named but not plotted · 1
Nové Město na Moravě
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Štursa, Jan
Scholarly · Crossref registry
- Štursa, Jan, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2003
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q700213: Jan Štursa
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Jan Štursa”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
scholarly publication
Štursa, JanCrossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Štursa, Jan, Oxford Art Online, 2003Crossref registry
VerifiedInstitutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q700213: Jan ŠtursaWikimedia Foundation
Verifiedreference work
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Further particulars
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Formation and teaching. Štursa studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague.
Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Štursa, Jan, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Štursa, Jan.
In public collections
Literature
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Sculpture
6,174 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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