Josef Václav Myslbek was a Czech sculptor credited for founding of the modern Czech sculpting style. Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague. His family pushed him to become a shoemaker but he shirked the duty by getting a job with a succession of Czech sculptors. There was no school program for sculpting so he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague instead. Afterwards he opened his own sculpting studio.

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  • Josef Václav Myslbek was a Czech sculptor credited for founding of the modern Czech sculpting style. Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague. His family pushed him to become a shoemaker but he shirked the duty by getting a job with a succession of Czech sculptors. There was no school program for sculpting so he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague instead. Afterwards he opened his own sculpting studio. He became greatly inspired by the French sculpting style as well as related arts such as photography and literature. In 1871, Myslbek produced some of his greater works including a commission to do a set of statues for the National Theater. Later he would do busts and monuments of several famous Czechs such as Bedřich Smetana and František Palacký. By far Myslbek’s most famous work is the statue of Saint Wenceslas, which is located in the center of Wenceslas Square. It took him over 20 years to complete but has since become one of Prague’s most recognizable landmarks and a symbol of Czech statehood. Josef Václav Myslbek influenced an entire generation of Czech sculptors and his students include Stanislav Sucharda, Jan Štursa, Bohumil Kafka and Otokar Španiel. Myslbek, along with such other Czech notables as Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Karel Čapek, Mikoláš Aleš, Alfons Mucha, Jan Štursa and Ladislav Šaloun is buried in Prague's National Cemetery. References: Stech, V. V. Josef Vaclav Myslbek, Prague, 1954. Artia.
  • Josef Václav Myslbek war einer der bedeutendsten tschechischen Bildhauer der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Inspiriert durch Gotik, Barock, aber auch Antike schuf er Werke, die den politischen und kulturellen Aufstieg der tschechischen Nation nach ihrer nationalen Wiedergeburt widerspiegeln. Seine Statuen und Statuengruppen sind u.a. im Nationaltheater Prag, im Veitsdom auf der Prager Burg, auf der Palacký-Brücke und auf dem Wenzelsplatz zu finden.
  • Josef Václav Myslbek byl nejvýznamnější český sochař přelomu 19. a 20. století, představitel monumentálního realismu a zakladatel novodobého českého sochařství.
  • Josef Václav Myslbek, najwybitniejszy czeski rzeźbiarz przełomu XIX i XX wieku, współtwórca nowoczesnego rzeźbiarstwa czeskiego.
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  • June 2008
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  • Josef Václav Myslbek was a Czech sculptor credited for founding of the modern Czech sculpting style. Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague. His family pushed him to become a shoemaker but he shirked the duty by getting a job with a succession of Czech sculptors. There was no school program for sculpting so he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague instead. Afterwards he opened his own sculpting studio.
  • Josef Václav Myslbek war einer der bedeutendsten tschechischen Bildhauer der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Inspiriert durch Gotik, Barock, aber auch Antike schuf er Werke, die den politischen und kulturellen Aufstieg der tschechischen Nation nach ihrer nationalen Wiedergeburt widerspiegeln. Seine Statuen und Statuengruppen sind u.a. im Nationaltheater Prag, im Veitsdom auf der Prager Burg, auf der Palacký-Brücke und auf dem Wenzelsplatz zu finden.
  • Josef Václav Myslbek byl nejvýznamnější český sochař přelomu 19. a 20. století, představitel monumentálního realismu a zakladatel novodobého českého sochařství.
  • Josef Václav Myslbek, najwybitniejszy czeski rzeźbiarz przełomu XIX i XX wieku, współtwórca nowoczesnego rzeźbiarstwa czeskiego.
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  • Josef Václav Myslbek
  • Josef Václav Myslbek
  • Josef Václav Myslbek
  • Josef Václav Myslbek
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