About Renata Tyršová
Lived 1854 – 1937 (aged 82). Renata Tyršová was a Czech and Austrian art historian, ethnographer, writer, art critic, social worker and pedagogue.
Renáta Tyršová (née Renata Maria Adelina Fügner; 31 July 1854, Prague – 22 February 1937, Prague) was a Czech ethnographer and art historian. She is best remembered for writing about embroidery, folk costume, and home decor in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia in her works Rukopis Královodvorský, Slovácké vyšívání (1897), Lidový kroj v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku (1918), and Nauka o kroji (1923).
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Who was Renata Tyršová?
Czech ethnographer and art historian (1854–1937)
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Renata Tyršová was born on 31 July 1854 in Prague.
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Renata Tyršová died on 22 February 1937 in Prague, New Town.
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Renata Tyršová was an art historian, ethnographer, writer, art critic, social worker and pedagogue.
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Renata Tyršová was Czech and Austrian.
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