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Náměstí Jana Palacha 3, Staré Město

Jan Kotěra

Brno 1871 - Praha 1923
Czech architect, urban planner, architectural theorist, furniture designer and painter
(Wikipedia)

Bohumil Kafka
1924

Description

White marble bust in a niche.

Inscription(s)

Jan KOTĚRA
vůdce moderní české
architektury
a uměleckého průmyslu
pracoval
a učil na této škole
1893-1910

Jan Kotěra,
a leading figure in modern Czech
architecture
and the arts and crafts movement,
worked
and taught at this school
from 1893 to 1910

Signature

b. kafka

Artist

Bohumil Kafka (Nová Paka 1878 - Praha 1942), Czech sculptor (Wikipedia).

Location (N 50°5'19" - E 14°24'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr092; Photograph: 7 July 2026
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