Josef Gočár

Josef Gočár received his early instruction at the State Technical School in Prague.

At the age of 23 he went to study under Jan Kotěra at the School of Applied Arts in Prague (UPŠ).

Gočár joined Pavel Janák, Josef Chochol and Odolen Grégr in founding the Prague Art Workshops in 1912.

After his involvement in cubism, Gočár turned to "national" Czech Rondocubism style in the early 1920s.

Among his greatest accomplishments is the Czechoslovak Pavilion for the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in Paris.

Josef Gočár