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ID: 500005987
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500005987
 
Record Type: Person
Novotný, Otakar (Czech architect, 1880-1959)

Note: Czech architect was an important representative of functionalism. He was a student of Kotěra's at the Prague School of Decorative Arts, graduating in 1903, after which he worked in Kotěra's studio. He was a member of the Mánes Association of Plastic Artists from 1902, and served as chairman twice. He acted as professor at the Prague School of Decorative Arts from 1929 to 1954, and wrote theoretical essays, and a monograph on Kotěra. Important projects include the Štenc house and publishing offices in Prague, the exhibition halls for the Association of Czech Accomplishment at the German Werkbund exhibition in Cologne, and his design for the Mánes Association building (1927-1930), which is considered his best. Czech architect, designer, teacher, writer.

Names:
Novotný, Otakar (preferred,V,index)
Otakar Novotný (V,display)
Novotny, Otakar (V,Dutch-P,NA)
Novotńy, Otakar (V)
Otakar Novotńy (V)

Nationalities:
Czech (preferred)

Roles:
architect (preferred)
designer
writer
teacher

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Benešov (Středočeský, Czech Republic) (inhabited place)
Died:  Prague (Praha, Hlavní Město, Czech Republic) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
student of ....  Kotěra, Jan  
..................  (Czech architect, 1871-1923) [500122458]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Novotný, Otakar (I)

Biographies:
(Czech architect, 1880-1959) ..... [BHA Preferred]
(Czechoslovakian architect, 1880-1959) ..... [AVERY]
(Czech architect, 1880-1959) ..... [AVERY]
(Czech architect) ..... [AVERY]
(Czech architect, 1880-1959) ..... [Grove Art]
(Czech architect, 1880-1959) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Novotńy, Otakar ........ [AVERY Preferred]
................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
................................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
Novotny, Otakar ........ [BHA Preferred, RKD Preferred]
................................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 317140
Novotný, Otakar ........ [AVERY, Grove Art Preferred, VP Preferred]
................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 2 April 2003
Otakar Novotný ........ [VP]
..............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Otakar Novotńy ........ [AVERY, VP]
..............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, Gallery Systems, Grove Art, RKD, VP]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
....................  Dictionary of Art, v.23; NAFL8285636
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n82085636
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 2 April 2003
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n82085636
....................  Portoghesi, Dizionario di architettura e urbanistica (1968-1969)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 317140
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Vollmer, Künstler-Lexikon 20. Jahrhunderts (1953-62) v.1
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q12043190
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP]
.......... Dictionary of Art, v.23; NAFL8285636
.......... Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 1 April 2005
.......... Vegesack, Czech Cubism (1992) 327
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