Vojtěch Sucharda

Vojtěch Sucharda (6 January 1884, in Nová Paka – 31 October 1968, in Prague) was a Czech sculptor, woodcarver and puppeteer.

[1] In 1913 Sucharda was invited to collaborate on plastics for the Koruna Palace at the Wenceslas Square.

He made his possibly most important work, three monumental figures of soldiers, and the ornamental crown on the top.

He is known for restoring the wooden figures of the apostles on the Prague Astronomical Clock, which had been heavily damaged by enemy fire in mid-May 1945.

[2] Sucharda wrote a letter detailing the difficult conditions in Prague at the time, which he hid in a metal case inside the restored statue of the apostle St. Thomas.