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Encyclopedia > Josef Chochol
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Cubist house in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
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Cubist house in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic

Josef Chochol (December 13, 1880, Písek - July 6, 1956, Prague) was Czech architect. Download high resolution version (1170x1700, 358 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1170x1700, 358 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Location of Písek in the Czech Republic Písek is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...


Chocol studied architecture at the polytechnic in Prague (1908-24), then at academy in Vienna, under guidance of Otto Wagner (1907-09). He was one of three great Cubist architects, together with Pavel Jának and Josef Gočár. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist house in Prague Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... Josef Gočár March 13, 1880, Semín near PÅ™elouč - September 10, 1945, Jičín), was a Czech architect, one of founders of modern architecture in Czechoslovakia. ...


Three buildings he designed (1913) in Vyšehrad (part of Prague) are considered masterworks of cubist architecture. In 1914 he abandoned the Cubist style and began working in the internationally oriented constructivist style. Most of his other designs (cubist factory, theater) were admired but never realized. VyÅ¡ehrad is a castle located in the Czech Republic, built in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River. ...


Chochol was also active in politics: he was a founding member of the Left Front organisation and the Association of Socialist Architects, the only of the Czech Cubists with a strong political standpoint.


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  • Short biography, photos of his designs
  • Biograpgy (in Czech)

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Prague Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide (3597 words)
On the same street, at Neklanova 2, is another apartment house attributed to Chochol; like the building at Neklanova 30, it uses pyramidal shapes and the suggestion of Gothic columns.
The cornerstone was laid in 1868, and the "National Theater generation" who built the neo-Renaissance structure became the architectural and artistic establishment for decades to come.
The nearly finished interior was gutted by a fire in 1881, and Zítek's onetime student Josef Schulz (1840-1917) saw the reconstruction through to completion two years later.
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