Stanislav Sucharda
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Mánes Union of Fine Arts
The Manes Association of Fine Artists was an artists' association and exhibition society founded in 1887 in Prague and named after the painter Josef Mánes....
(S.U.V. Mánes), founded in 1887.
His work can be seen at the František Palacký
František Palacký
František Palacký was a Czech historian and politician.-Biography:...
Monument in the New Town, Prague
New Town, Prague
The New Town is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague...
, and architectural sculpture
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...
on several Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
buildings for Czech architects 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....
and Jan Kotěra
Jan Kotera
Jan Kotěra was a Czech architect, artist and interior designer, and one of the key figures of modern architecture in Bohemia.-Biography:...
, notably Polívka's New Town Hall in Prague.
Stanislav Sucharda was the brother of Czech sculptor and puppeteer Vojtěch Sucharda
Vojtech Sucharda
Vojtěch Sucharda ) was a Czech sculptor, woodcarver and puppeteer.Sucharda was the founder of Prague's Ríše Loutek Theater in 1920, and he is known for restoring the wooden figures of the apostles on the Prague Astronomical Clock, which had been heavily damaged by enemy fire in mid-May 1945...
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