Viktorin Šulc

The architect and painter Viktorín Šulc entered history as a very active designer, teacher, participant in dozens of architecture design competitions, member of a range of societies and of the editorial board of the conservative magazine Architektonický obzor (Architectural Horizon).

From 1890 to 1897 he studied architecture and building engineering at the Czech Polytechnic under the leadership of Professors Jan Koula and Josef Schulz. At the same time, he was studying painting privately under Karel Liebscher and Karel Hlaváček and, as an enthusiastic painter of aquarelles, created dozens of postcards with Prague motifs. After finishing his studies, he set off on an inspirational tour of Greece, Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland. He commenced his teaching activities in 1899 after becoming a professor at Plzeň Polytechnic. In 1912, he transferred to Prague Polytechnic where he remained until 1919. He subsequently acted as head of the Ministry of Education and National Enlightenment until his retirement.

Šulc's style experienced a gradual change from Historicism (especially Neo-renaissance) through a careful dallying with Art-Nouveau right up to the sober Classicism of the interwar period.).

He was active in the Myslbek Society, Technická Matice and Jednota umělců výtvarných. He was a member of the editorial board of Architektonické obzor (Architectonic Horizon), a periodical of the Czech Royal Society of Architects and Engineers, in which he regularly published articles (generally concerning his own designs).

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1897
Sokolovna (with Jan Šula)
Prague – Malá Strana

1909
Facade of dělnický dům
Pobřežní ul., Plzeň

1903–1904
Exhibition grounds First International Exhibition of Art in Cuisine and Catering (with Karel Bubla, Vít Skála ad.)
Štruncovy sady, Plzeň

1908
Town school of trade
Hořice

1912–1914
School building
Starý Plzenec

1910–1913
Town hall Slezské Ostravy (s J. Volencem a J. Vysloužilem)
Těšínská 138, Ostrava

1911–1915
Tramway waiting room with underground toilets
nám. Republiky, Plzeň

1912
Chapel
Plzeň-Doubravka

1913
Apartment block
Doudlevecká tř., Plzeň

1913
Apartment block
Klatovská tř., Plzeň

1914
Bank extension Domažlice

1914–1917
Local boys and girls school Praha-Košíře

1915–1917
Grammar school
Na Zlatance 1330, Praha-Smíchov

1921–1923
Town hall
Pacov

1923–1924
Okresní dům
Horní Brašov 16, Týn nad Vltavou

1924–1925
Building of glass school (with Jan Vodňaruk)
Smetanovo zátiší 470, Železný Brod