PT Journal
AU Rihova, V
   Krenkova, Z
TI Prague mosaic workshop of Viktor Foerster. An overview of monumental contractsDie Prager Mosaikwerkstatt von Viktor Foerster. Ubersicht der monumentalen Auftrage
SO Staleta Praha
PY 2017
BP 31
EP 59
VL 33
IS 1
DI 10.56112/sp.2017.1.02
WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201701-0002.php
DE Mosaic - Beroun art - sepulchral monuments - restoration - workshop of arts and crafts - Viktor Foerster - Pantaleon Jaroslav Major - P. Desiderius Lenz - Jan Vejrych - Osvald Polivka - Marie Foersterova - Prague - Ceske Budejovice - Monte Cassino - Aquileia
SN 02316056
AB At the onset of the 20th century the painter Viktor Foerster founded a mosaic workshop within the monastery of St. George at the Prague castle. Although he is considered to be the first Czech mosaic maker, his work has yet not been comprehensively evaluated. The view on several tens of his mosaic realisations is being recently composed thanks to the field and archive research. The survey of the written evidence provided dates of Foerster's personal and professional life, which disprove the errors published in literature, and broaden the scope of his work.The introduction of the study enlightens the origins of the interest of the specific technic, Foerster's opinions on the visual art of a mosaic, the Italian study and the connection with the Beroun art school. A brief overview of the contracts in Bohemia, Moravia and abroad follows. Works connected with profane and sacred architecture are mentioned, as well as sepulchral work and restoration contracts, and attention is also paid to destroyed or unrealised mosaics.
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