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Vítězslav Karel Mašek

1865 – 1927

Czech architect, illustrator, painter and university educator

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Lived 1865 – 1927 (aged 61). Vítězslav Karel Mašek was an Austrian and Czech pedagogue, painter, architect, teacher, designer and urban planner.

Karel Vítězslav Mašek (1 September 1865, Prague - 24 July 1927, Prague) was a Czech painter, architect, illustrator and art professor.

Life He studied briefly at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague with Antonín Lhota Josef Čapek is, perhaps, his best-known student. He was also interested in architecture and designed his own villa in 1901. In his later years, he was involved in engineering issues related to the growth of Prague and its agglomeration with neighboring towns.

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Important facts

Born

1 September 1865, Točná

Birth century

19th century

Died

24 July 1927, Prague, Bubeneč

Occupation

Pedagogue, painter, architect, teacher, designer, urban planner

Nationality

Austria–Hungary, Czechoslovakia

Education

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Académie Julian

Also known as

Karel Viteslav Masek, Karel Maseck, Karel Vitěslav Mašek, Karel V. Mašek, Karel Vitezlav Masek, Karel Mazek

Vitezslav Karel Masek

People in Vítězslav Karel Mašek's life

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Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Vítězslav Karel Mašek's

Thomas Henry Huxley

1825 – 1895

Biologist

Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen

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Czech architect, illustrator, painter and university educator (1865–1927)

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Vítězslav Karel Mašek was born on 1 September 1865 in Točná.

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Vítězslav Karel Mašek died on 24 July 1927 in Prague, Bubeneč.

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Vítězslav Karel Mašek was a pedagogue, painter, architect, teacher, designer and urban planner.

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Vítězslav Karel Mašek was Austrian and Czech.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Vítězslav Karel Mašek

· Wikidata: Q7944819

· DBpedia: Karel Vítězslav Mašek

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