Osobnost Celdy Kloučka a jeho dílo

Abstract

Osobnost a dilo Celdy Kloucka obsazene v teto pnici, predstavuje umelce ve sve podstate jako "renesancni" postavu mnoha zajmu, zabyvajici se Cinnostmi nejen umelecky-mi. Nasledne zhodnoceni Klouckova prinosu v oblasti ceskeho dekorativniho socharstvi prinasi alespon hruby nastin znacneho vy-znamu tohoto sochare, ktery dosud nebyl dostatecne docenen. Zabyval se nejen dekorativni vy-zdobou fasad, kterou si ziskaval nejvice kladnych ohlasu diky jejich verejne povaze, ale take umeleckoremeslnou tvorbou, vicemene spojenou s jeho skolnim atelierem na Umelecko-prumyslove skole. Volbou tvaru, jasnosti kompozice i uzitim sveho specifickeho ornamentu vystupovaly predmety vysle z jeho skolniho atelieru z prumeru tehdejsi prazske manufakturni vy-roby. Klouckova invence nesla zretelne stopy individualismu, aplikoval ji v ruznem materiaIu, aniz by se omezoval velikosti plochy. Tento sochaf se dokazal vymanit z tehdy bezneho proudu stereotypu dekorativnich vzorU a vytvarel si sve vlastni na zaklade pilneho studia, zpocMku hlavne historizujicich stylu. Ackoliv prevzal mnohe ornamentaIni prvky minulych epoch, promenil je v kazdodennich kresbach ve specificke formy charakterizujici jeho duraz na kompozici ve vsech oborech umeleckeho prumyslu. Touha po srozumitelnosti plasticke linie vedla Kloucka k rytmicke dekorativnosti...

This work is deling with personality and work of Celda Kloucek, a sculptor and ornamentalist living at the turn of 20th century. Celda Kloucek was born 6th December 1855 in Senomaty near Rakovnlk. Advised by his patron Milller, he decided to accept a position with ornamentalist sculptor Otto Lessing in Berlin, where he got his first professional training. Kloucek turned out to be an excellent sculptor, especially in ornamental construction work. The contracts were diverse and he learned to work with many different materials. In 1879 he enroled in professor Otto Konig special course at Arts and Crafts School in Vienna. After three years, he became a reader at Arts and Crafts School in Frankfurt am Main. In 1888, he opened his atelier at Arts and Crafts School in Prague. He was teaching here for twenty-eight years. Many recognized artists emerged from his atelier, all of them adhering to Kloucek's emphasis on clarity of composition and simplicity of the ornament. Kloucek's work evolved from ornamental creations on house exteriors in neo-Rennaissance and neo-baroque style to naturalism, and finally to Art Noveau, in which he created his master pieces: Wohanka house portal (1898), Museum of Western Bohemia in Pilsen (1900-1901), Prague Credit bank (1902), Blecha house (1904), and Order of the Cross monastery...