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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Czech sculptor
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Male
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Birth:
12 November 1866(Nová Paka)
Death:
5 May 1916(Prague)
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Siblings:
Vojtěch Sucharda
The details
Biography
Stanislav Sucharda (1866–1916), Czech sculptor and professor at the Prague School of Applied Arts from 1899, and a leading figure in the Mánes Union of Fine Arts (S.U.V. Mánes), founded in 1887.
His work can be seen at the František Palacký Monument in the New Town, Prague, and architectural sculpture on several Art Nouveau buildings for Czech architects Osvald Polívka and Jan Kotěra, notably Polívka's New Town Hall in Prague. He also designed a monument to Czech composer Karel Bendl which stands in Bubeneč, in the northwest sections of Prague.
Stanislav Sucharda was the brother of Czech sculptor and puppeteer Vojtěch Sucharda.