Antonín Baum
*12. 5. 1830 – Prague, Czech Republic
†4. 5. 1886 – Prague, Czech Republic
Biography
From a young age, alongside construction and history, he engaged in natural sciences (botany, mineralogy, chemistry). He studied at the Prague Polytechnic and, after its completion, joined the design office of architect Ignác Ullmann, where he stayed for 20 years.
From 1873, he served as the technical director of the Construction Bank for the suburbs of Prague, where he was involved in the new regulation of Smíchov and, from 1874, collaborated with Bedřich Münzberger and Antonín V. Barvitius. With Bedřich Münzberger, he subsequently designed most of his realized buildings.
He did not limit himself to construction but also actively engaged in archaeology, the history of typography, and the dictionary of Czech artists. He is particularly known for his article "Contributions to the Biography of Some Builders, Stonemasons, and Plasterers Who Were Active in Prague", published in the SAI Reports in 1881. His legacy includes a number of unpublished studies on the lives of significant Czech architects from the past.
Baum was a co-founder of the Historical Society and also actively worked in the Archaeological Society. For several years, he was a member of the board of directors and the department for fine arts at the Christian Academy, for which he also restored several church architectural monuments.
From a young age, alongside construction and history, he engaged in natural sciences (botany, mineralogy, chemistry). He studied at the Prague Polytechnic and, after its completion, joined the design office of architect Ignác Ullmann, where he stayed for 20 years.
From 1873, he served as the technical director of the Construction Bank for the suburbs of Prague, where he was involved in the new regulation of Smíchov and, from 1874, collaborated with Bedřich Münzberger and Antonín V. Barvitius. With Bedřich Münzberger, he subsequently designed most of his realized buildings.
He did not limit himself to construction but also actively engaged in archaeology, the history of typography, and the dictionary of Czech artists. He is particularly known for his article "Contributions to the Biography of Some Builders, Stonemasons, and Plasterers Who Were Active in Prague", published in the SAI Reports in 1881. His legacy includes a number of unpublished studies on the lives of significant Czech architects from the past.
Baum was a co-founder of the Historical Society and also actively worked in the Archaeological Society. For several years, he was a member of the board of directors and the department for fine arts at the Christian Academy, for which he also restored several church architectural monuments.
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Realizations and Buildings
1874-76 - regothicization of St. Stephen's Church in Prague
1875-76 - tower of the Dean's Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Vodňany with I. Ullmann
1876 - New Czech Theater in Prague with B. Münzberg (demolished 1885)
1876 - interior of St. Wenceslas Church in Veleliby (Nymburk) with B. Münzberg
1876-80 - reconstruction of the Romanesque Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Prague-Záběhlice with B. Münzberg
1878 - toll kiosks on Palacký Bridge in Prague
1878-80 - restoration of St. Martin's Chapel in Prague at Vyšehrad
1879 - altar in St. Roch's Church in Olšany in Prague
1879-80 - reconstruction of the Old Town Hall (grand council hall and the whole Mikš's House in neo-Renaissance style) in Prague
tenement house No. 763/n at the corner of Jungmann Square and October 28th in Prague with B. Münzberg
neo-Baroque modification of St. John the Baptist's Church in Prague with B. Münzberg
1882 - neo-Renaissance modification of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary at Vyšehrad in Prague with B. Münzberg
1882 - interior of the Spanish Synagogue in Prague with B. Münzberg
1882 - modification of St. Wenceslas Church in Činěves (Nymburk) in neo-Romanesque style
1884-86 - reconstruction of the America Summer Palace in Prague
1883 - neo-Renaissance main altar in St. Haštal's Church in Prague
1886 - new construction of the museum building of the Náprstek Museum in Prague with B. Münzberg
1886 - neo-Renaissance town hall in Prague-Karlín with B. Münzberg
1886 - houses No. 41-42 and public school in Nymburk.
technical school, poorhouse, girls' school, and civic savings bank in Karlín
Jewish girls' orphanage in Prague
chapel in Mšeno
1874-76 - regothicization of St. Stephen's Church in Prague
1875-76 - tower of the Dean's Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Vodňany with I. Ullmann
1876 - New Czech Theater in Prague with B. Münzberg (demolished 1885)
1876 - interior of St. Wenceslas Church in Veleliby (Nymburk) with B. Münzberg
1876-80 - reconstruction of the Romanesque Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Prague-Záběhlice with B. Münzberg
1878 - toll kiosks on Palacký Bridge in Prague
1878-80 - restoration of St. Martin's Chapel in Prague at Vyšehrad
1879 - altar in St. Roch's Church in Olšany in Prague
1879-80 - reconstruction of the Old Town Hall (grand council hall and the whole Mikš's House in neo-Renaissance style) in Prague
tenement house No. 763/n at the corner of Jungmann Square and October 28th in Prague with B. Münzberg
neo-Baroque modification of St. John the Baptist's Church in Prague with B. Münzberg
1882 - neo-Renaissance modification of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary at Vyšehrad in Prague with B. Münzberg
1882 - interior of the Spanish Synagogue in Prague with B. Münzberg
1882 - modification of St. Wenceslas Church in Činěves (Nymburk) in neo-Romanesque style
1884-86 - reconstruction of the America Summer Palace in Prague
1883 - neo-Renaissance main altar in St. Haštal's Church in Prague
1886 - new construction of the museum building of the Náprstek Museum in Prague with B. Münzberg
1886 - neo-Renaissance town hall in Prague-Karlín with B. Münzberg
1886 - houses No. 41-42 and public school in Nymburk.
technical school, poorhouse, girls' school, and civic savings bank in Karlín
Jewish girls' orphanage in Prague
chapel in Mšeno
