Bohuslav Schnirch
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Bohuslav Schnirch was a Czech sculptor perhaps best known for his architectural sculpture
. Schnirch sculpted 10 of the 20 roof statues, and the interior sculpted pediment, on Josef Zítek
's 1881 National Theatre (Prague)
.
Other work includes the reliefs on the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, designed by architect Josef Schulz
, and the two attic figural groups Fire Alarm and Extinction of the Flames on the Prague City Savings Bank, Old Town Square, for architect Osvald Polívka
.
Schnirch was the teacher of Ladislav Šaloun
among others.
Architectural sculpture
Architectural sculpture is the term for the use of sculpture by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project...
. Schnirch sculpted 10 of the 20 roof statues, and the interior sculpted pediment, on Josef Zítek
Josef Zítek
Josef von Zitek was a Czech architect and engineer best known for two neo-Renaissance landmarks in Prague, the National Theater and the Rudolfinum....
's 1881 National Theatre (Prague)
National Theatre (Prague)
The National Theatre in Prague is known as the Alma Mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition which was created and maintained by the most distinguished...
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Other work includes the reliefs on the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, designed by architect Josef Schulz
Josef Schulz
Josef Schulz, also spelled Joseph Schultz , was a German soldier of the 714th Infantry Division stationed in the Balkans, Serbia during World War II. He died in 1941, allegedly executed after refusing to take part in a partisan execution. The German High Commandrecorded him as killed in action....
, and the two attic figural groups Fire Alarm and Extinction of the Flames on the Prague City Savings Bank, Old Town Square, for architect Osvald Polívka
Osvald Polívka
Osvald Polívka , Austrian-born Czech architect associated with the Secession / Art Nouveau period in Prague. Polívka designed many of Prague's significant landmarks of the era, plus other work in Brno and elsewhere....
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Schnirch was the teacher of Ladislav Šaloun
Ladislav Šaloun
Ladislav Jan Šaloun was an important Czech sculptor of the Art Nouveau period.Šaloun studied in the studios of Tomáš Seidan and Bohuslav Schnirch, was involved as an artist in the Mánes Union of Fine Arts, This independent education allowed him to avoid the influence of Josef Václav Myslbek,...
among others.