RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Říhová, Vladislava
A1 Křenková, Zuzana
T1 Prague mosaic workshop of Viktor Foerster. An overview of monumental contracts
Die Prager Mosaikwerkstatt von Viktor Foerster. Übersicht der monumentalen Aufträge
JF Staletá Praha
YR 2017
VO 33
IS 1
SP 31
OP 59
DO 10.56112/sp.2017.1.02
UL https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201701-0002.php
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.