Decorative sculpture of Stanislav Sucharda

The Czech Art Nouveau sculpture is represented by several1eading tigures, most of them graduates from the Specialist School of Figural Sculpture of .Josef Václav Myslbek, among wmch Stanislav Sucharda ranks. He is well known mainly thanks torus monument of the Czech historian František Palacký in Prague and to a large nuruber oť plaques aM medals. Ris works from the sphere of architectural sculpture wruch are decoratíng many newly-constructed prague buildings remain unnoticed. He specialized in the decorative sculpture since he wasa student andall his works were immediately favourably received. He collaborated with many renowned architects during Ws life.The mostintensiveand inspiring was ms partnership wiw the architect Jan Kotěra in hlseatly Art Nouveau period. This study dea1s with the questions concemlng decorative sculpture and Hs role in the period buildlng practice, as wen as the intluence of The Sch001 of Applled Aru and its teachers on architects and sculptotSand the approa,ch of publle anderitique including the arehiteets and sculptors themselves to this theme. The mam task is to make up a listot Sucharda's decorative sculptures created for new public buí1díngs, private villas, bridges, fountaines, temporary exhibition pavilions and others. Stanislav Sucharda (1866-1916) wasbornin Nová Paka in a..