Modern and contemporary Czech art

Modern and contemporary Czech art (1924)
Antonín Matějček and Zdeněk Wirth
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MODERN AND
CONTEMPORARY
CZECH ART

BY
ANTONÍN MATĚJČEK
AND
ZDENĚK WIRTH

LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD.,
BROADWAY HOUSE: 68-74 , CARTER LANE, E.C.
1924

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY HEADLEY BROTHERS,
18 DEVONSHIRE STREET, E.C.2; AND ASHFORD KENT.

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Painting.By Antonín Matějček
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Sculpture.By Antonín Matějček
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Architecture.By Antonín Matějček and Zdeněk Wirth
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PLATE
01. Antonín Mánes.Landscape (North-East Bohemia).
02. Antonín Mánes.Torrent in the Forest.
03. Josef Navrátil. In the Mountains.
04. Josef Navrátil. Mural Decorations (Czech Amazons).
05. Josef Navrátil. Fox-hunting.
06. Josef Navrátil. A Homely Scene.
07. Antonín Machek. Portrait of a Lady.
08. Antonín Machek. Portrait of a Gentleman.
09. Josef Mánes. Portrait of Madame Václavík.
10. Josef Mánes. Portrait of Madame Vendulák.
11. Josef Mánes.Summer Time.
12. Josef Mánes. Morning.
13. Josef Mánes. Portrait of a Lady.
14. Josef Mánes. Memories.
15. Josef Mánes. St. George.
16. Josef Mánes. Sketch for illustration of the Králové Dvůr MSS. (Strawberries. Lyric Poem).
17. Josef Mánes. Sketch for illustration of the Králové Dvůr MSS. (Záboj, Epic Poem).
18. Josef Mánes. Twilight.
19. Josef Mánes. Study for “The Rainbow.”
20. Guido Mánes. The Reader.
21. Guido Mánes. Girls in Front of Mirror.
22. Jaroslov Čermák. Roscoff.
23. Jaroslav Čermák. The Abduction.
24. Jaroslav Čermák. Portrait of Madame Gallait.
25. Jaroslav Čermák. Portrait of the Artist.
26. Karel Purkyně. Still Life.
27. Karel Purkyně. Portrait of a Lady.
28. Soběslav Pinkas. The Studio.
29. Soběslav Pinkas. Breton Girl.
30. Viktor Barvitius. La Place de la Concorde.
31. Viktor Barvitius. The Horse Fair.
32. Václav Brožík. Messalina (Portrait of an Actress).
33. Václav Brožík. The Ambassadors of Ladislav, King of Bohemia, asking Charles VII. of France for the hand of his daughter on behalf of their king.
34. Václav Brožík. The Condemnation of Jan Hus.
35. Václav Brožík. Peasants proceeding to their work.
36. Adolf Kosárek. Czech Landscape.
37. Adolf Kosárek. The Pond.
38. Adolf Kosárek. The Storm.
39. Julius Mařák. Thicket.
40. Julius Mařák. Radhošť.
41. Julius Mařák. The Maple.
42. Julius Mařák. Sun Effects.
43. Antonín Chittusi. Near Fontainebleau.
44. Antonín Chittusi. Near Fontainebleau.
45. Antonín Chittusi. Carp Pond (South Bohemia).
46. Antonín Chittusi. View of Jindřichův Hradec.
47. Mikuláš Aleš. King George of Poděbrad and Matthew Corvinus.
48. Mikuláš Aleš. Otava, the Gold-bringer (from the “Homeland” series).
49. Mikuláš Aleš. Domažlice, the Czech-German Frontier (“Homeland” series).
50. Mikuláš Aleš. Žalov, Prehistoric Burial-Ground (“Homeland” series).
51. Mikuláš Aleš. The Elements (Fire).
52. Mikuláš Aleš. A Hussite Captain.
53. Mikuláš Aleš. St. George and the Dragon.
54. František Ženíšek: Oldřich, the Přemyslid and the Fair Božena.
55. František Ženíšek. The Decadence of Art in Bohemia (Ceiling of the Foyer in the National Theatre, Prague).
56. František Ženíšek. Music.
57. Vojtěch Hynais. Curtain of the National Theatre, Prague.
58. Vojtěch Hynais. Detail of the Curtain, National Theatre, Prague.
59. Vojtěch Hynais. The Judgment of Paris
60. Vojtěch Hynais. Portrait of Josef Hlávka, the first President of the Academy of Sciences and Arts, Prague.
61. Beneš Knüpfer. The Play of the Waves.
62. Beneš Knüpfer. The Mermaid.
63. Hanuš Schwaiger. Rusava Landscape (Moravia).
64. Hanuš Schwaiger. Water-Sprite.
65. Hanuš Schwaiger. The Fish Market, Bruges.
66. Luděk Marold. Prague Market.
67. Luděk Marold. In the Café.
68. Luděk Marold. A Parisienne.
69. Alfons Mucha. Detail of “Hus Preaching.”
70. Alfons Mucha. The Precursor of Hus, Milič of Kroměříž.
71. Alfons Mucha. Placard for “La Dame aux Camélias” (Sarah Bernhardt).
72. František Kupka. Engraving for “Les Erynnies” of Leconte de Lisle.
73. František Kupka. A Page from the “Lysistrata.”
74. Joža Uprka. Pilgrimage of St. Anthony.
75. Joža Uprka. Spring: Moravian Slovakia.
76. Joža Uprka. In Church, Slovakia.
77. Aug. Němejc Crockery Sellers, Plzeň.
78. Antonín Slavíček. Autumn.
79. Antonín Slavíček. The Avenue.
80. Antonín Slavíček. A Mountain Road.
81. Antonín Slavíček. The Fruit Market, Prague.
82. Antonín Slavíček. Prague, A Rainy Day.
83. Antonín Slavíček. Prague, from Letna.
84. Antonín Hudeček. Autumn Sunshine.
85. Antonín Hudeček. Springtime.
86. Antonín Hudeček. Tatra Landscape.
87. Oldřich Blažíček. A Garden Restaurant.
88. Otakar Nejedlý. Skaters.
89. Otakar Nejedlý. On the Outskirts.
90. Otakar Nejedlý. A French Battle-field.
91. Afternoon in Spring, Ore Mountains.
92. Jan Preissler. Scene from a Figurative Cycle.
93. Jan Preissler. Spring.
94. Jan Preissler. In the Wood.
95. Jan Preissler. The Black Lake.
96. Jan Preissler. After the Bath.
97. Jan Preissler. Decorative Drawing.
98. Jan Preissler. Adam and Eve.
99. Max Švabinský. Two Mothers.
100. Max Švabinský. A Family Group.
101. Max Švabinský. The Bouquet.
102. Max Švabinský. The Harvest.
103. Max Švabinský. The Studio.
104. Max Švabinský. The Tiger-hunt (Etching).
105. Max Švabinský. The painter, Josef Mánes (Woodcut).
106. Max Švabinský. Noon in August (Woodcut).
107. Max Švabinský. A Mountain Family.
108. Miloš Jiránek. A Study in White.
109. T. F. Šimon. Boulevard St. Martin.
110. T. F. Šimon. The Charles Bridge, Prague.
111. Karel Špillar. On the Sands.
112. Hugo Boettinger. On the Stream.
113. Vratislav Nechleba. Portrait of the Painter, T. F. Šimon.
114. Vratislav Nechleba. Portrait of a Lady.
115. Jakub Obrovský. A Warm Evening.
116. Vladimír Silovský. In Front of the National Theatre, Prague.
117. A. Majer. Storm.
118. Vincenc Beneš. Pear-tree on the Country-side.
119. Vincenc Beneš. A Bohemian Landscape.
120. E. Filla. The Chess Players.
121. O. Kubín. Breton Lacemakers.
122. Josef Čapek. Self-Portrait.
123. R. Kremlička. Laundress.
124. V. Špála. Peasant Girl.
125. J. Zrzavý. Melancholy.
126. František Kysela. Placard.
127. J. Prachner. Tomb of Prince Thun at Košíře.
128. Václav Levý. Adam and Eve.
129. Antonín Wagner. Statue of Záboj (Façade of National Theatre).
130. Bohuslav Schnirch. A Bronze Group (Façade of National Theatre.)
131. Bohuslav Schnirch. St. Venceslaus.
132. J. V. Myslbek. Devotion.
133. J. V. Myslbek. The Crucifixion.
134. J. V. Myslbek. Libuša and Přemysl, group on the Palacký Bridge, Prague.
135. J. V. Myslbek. Záboj and Slavoj.
136. J. V. Myslbek. Music.
137. J. V. Myslbek. Cardinal Schwarzenberg.
138. J. V. Myslbek. Bust of Smetana.
139. J. V. Myslbek. Statue of St. Venceslaus.
140. Josef Maudr. History.
141. Josef Maudr. Genius—Detail from Mausoleum at Vyšehrad.
142. Celda Klouček. Decorative Doorway.
143. Celda Klouček. The Entrance, Prague Credit Bank.
144. Čeňek Vosmík. Group at the Entrance to the Slaughter House, Prague.
145. Stanislav Sucharda. The Lullaby.
146. Stanislav Sucharda. The Dead Motherland—Detail from the Palacký Monument, Prague.
147. Stanislav Sucharda. Libuša prophesying the greatness of Prague.
148. Ladislav Šaloun. The Jan Hus Monument at Prague.
149. František Bílek. Calvary.
150. František Bílek. Christ on the Cross.
151. František Bílek. The Blind Couple.
152. Franta Uprka. Slovak Girl Weeping.
153. Josef Mařátka. Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer.
154. Josef Mařátka. Intellect.
155. Josef Mařátka. “With your Shield or upon it.”
156. Bohumil Kafka. Portrait of a Lady.
157. Bohumil Kafka. Crouching Woman.
158. Bohumil Kafka. Orpheus.
159. Jan Štursa. The Pensive Girl.
160. Jan Štursa. Eve.
161. Jan Štursa. Wounded.
162. Jan Štursa. The Gifts of Heaven and Earth.
163. Jan Štursa. Bust of the Painter, Max Švabinský.
164. Jan Štursa. Statue of President Masaryk in the Parliament House, Prague.
165. Otakar Španiel. Bust of J. Plečnik, Slovene architect.
166. Otakar Španiel. Bust of the Croatian poet, Ivo Vojnović.
167. Otakar Španiel. Medallion to Celebrate the Jubilee of the National Theatre, Prague.
168. Ladislav Kofránek. Woman.
169. Ladislav Beneš. Diana.
170. O. Gutfreund. Němcova Memorial at Ratibořice.
171. H. Fischer. Customs House, Prague.
172. F. Beer-Dvorecký. Hluboká Castle.
173. J. Ullmann. Czech Savings Bank, Prague.
174. J. Ullmann. High School for Girls, Prague.
175. V. Barvitius. Basilica of St. Venceslaus, Smíchov.
176. V. Barvitius. Villa at Prague.
177. J. Zítek. The National Theatre, Prague.
178. J. Zítek. The National Theatre, Prague (Part of the Balcony).
179. J. Zítek. The National Theatre, Prague (Part of the West Façade).
180. J. Zítek. The National Theatre, Prague (Main Façade, Gallery).
181. J. Zítek. The Colonnades, Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad).
182. Josef Schulz. The National Museum of Bohemia, Prague.
183. A. Wiehl. Flat-dwelling, Vinohrady, Prague.
184. A. Wiehl. House at Prague.
185. Osvald Polívka. Provincial Bank of Bohemia. Prague.
186. Václav Roštlapil. Straka Academy.
187. B. Ohmann. Interior, Theatre of Varieties, Prague.
188. Josef Fanta. The Wilson Railway Station, Prague.
189. Kamil Hilbert. Štechovice Church.
190. Dušan Jurkovič. The Baths at Luhačovice.
191. Jan Kotěra. Prostějov Theatre, Moravia.
192. Jan Kotěra. The Museum at Hradec Králové.
193. Jan Kotěra. Urbánek Publishing House, Prague.
194. Jan Kotěra. Mansion at Radbor.
195. J. Engel. Weir and Bridge at Nymburk.
196. Otakar Novotný. Lithographic Works, J. Štenc, Prague.
197. Josef Gočár. Business House, Prague.
198. Josef Gočár. The Baths at Bohdaneč.
199. Josef Gočár. Bank of the Czechoslovak Legions, Prague.
200. Paul Janák. Hlávka Bridge, Prague.
201. Paul Janák. Shop Front in Prague.
202. Paul Janák. Entrance Hall of a Villa.
203. O. Novotný. Exhibition Pavilion, Czechoslovak Union of Arts and Crafts, Prague.

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