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Ostrovačice
Jihomoravský kraj

náměstí Viléma Mrštíka

Karel Želenský

real name Karel Drápal (Ostrovačice 1865 - Zbraslav u Prahy 1935)
Czech actor and theater director
(Wikipedia)

Julius Pelikán
1936

Description

Red granite (?) commemorative plaque with bronze relief portrait.

Inscription(s)

Památce
dramatického umĕlce mistra
Karla Zelenského
rodáka Ostrovačického
člena národního divadla v praze
*1865 † 1935
vdĕčná obec.

In memory of the
dramatic master artist
Karel Želenský
native Ostrovačice
member of the National Theatre in Prague
* 1865 † 1935
the grateful community.

Signature

Pelikan

Annotation

In 1936 unveiled on the village school, in 1950 it was replaced to his birth house in house nr. 20, and later to the town hall.

Sculptor

Julius Pelikán (Nové Veselí 1887 - Olomouc 1969), Czech sculptor and medalist (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 49°12'40" - E 16°24'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czjm003; Photograph: 4 September 2012
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