Ludvík Kohl

He graduated from the Piarist school in Malá Strana, where he was a pupil of the Bohemian historian, Gelasius Dobner [de].

He returned to Prague the following year and, until his death, taught drawing at the Royal Normal school.

In 1799, he helped establish the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and, in 1818, he was awarded the Golden Medal for Civil Merit.

His early work shows traces of influence from the Baroque, but he later switched to Viennese Classicism.

Of especial note are his proposed designs for the completion of St. Vitus Cathedral at the Prague Castle complex.