Josef Wagner the Younger
Illustration — Statue of Josef Wagner in Prague Josef Wagner the Younger (March 2, 1901 - February 10, 1957) was a Czech painter and sculptor. A pupil of Jan Štursa and Josef Mařatka, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1922 to 1926. He was later a professor at the Art School in Prague.
Also recorded as Josef Wagner (1901)
Josef Wagner the Younger
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- Born
- 1901 · Jaroměř.
- Died
- 1957 · Havlíčkův Brod.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- pedagogue · painter · sculptor · teacher · restorer · typographer · artist
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Prague
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Illustration — Statue of Josef Wagner in Prague Josef Wagner the Younger (March 2, 1901 - February 10, 1957) was a Czech painter and sculptor. A pupil of Jan Štursa and Josef Mařatka, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1922 to 1926. He was later a professor at the Art School in Prague.
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Josef Wagner the Younger (1901–1957) was a Czechoslovak artist, painter and pedagogue, among other activities. Born in Jaroměř, the artist died in Havlíčkův Brod.
Josef Wagner the Younger studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. The artist worked in Havlíčkův Brod, Hořice and Italy, among others.
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Here he met his future wife, Marie Kulhánková, a sculptor, with whom he had two sons, who later became artists themselves. Warm stone colors best suited his own personal style, inspired by archaic Greece and the Czech Baroque style. There is a statue in his memory in Prague.
• Ležící torzo, 1935 • Poezie, 1936 • Oblaka a Země, 1938 • Útisk, 1944 • Utrpení, 1947 • Pomník povstání ve Světlé Hůrce ve Slezsku, 1928–29 • Pomník Jaroslava Vrchlického na Petříně v Praze, 1936–56 • Pomník Bedřicha Smetany v Karlových Varech, 1936–49 • Pomník padlým ve Dvoře Králové, 1948–54.
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1901
Josef Wagner the Younger was born on 2 March 1901.
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Josef Wagner the Younger died on 10 February 1957.
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• J. Pečírka, Sochař Josef Wagner. Prague 1959 • J. M. Tomeš, Sochař Josef Wagner. Prague 1985
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Josef Wagner the Younger is recorded with the occupation typographer. Recorded as pedagogue, painter, sculptor, teacher and restorer.
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