František Schmoranz ml.
*19. 11. 1845 – Slatiňany, Czech Republic
†12. 1. 1892 – Prague, Czech Republic
Biography
František Schmoranz Jr. was a Czech historicist architect, artist, educator, construction entrepreneur, and expert on the Orient. He was the founder and first director of the Applied Arts School in Prague. He came from a family of builder and mason František Schmoranz Sr. From 1863 to 1868, he studied architecture at the Prague University of Technology under Josef Zítek. He completed study trips to France, Belgium, and the German states. In 1868, he traveled with architect Carl von Diebitsch to document ancient monuments in Egypt. After Diebitsch's death a year later, he was entrusted with leading the design studio and participated in the realization of palaces for the Suez Canal Company and Egyptian viceroy Isma'il Pasha. At the World Exhibition in Vienna (1873), he installed the Egyptian-Sudanese section and realized the exhibition pavilions for the Egyptian viceroy. In 1874, he founded his own design office in Vienna together with his colleague Jan Machytka. Among the Vienna projects are, among others, the complex of the Imperial Geological Institute and the adaptation of Count Harrach's palace. In Bohemia, he designed, for example, the Wiesner Palace and the tomb in Chrudim, the building of the Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague, and together with Jan Machytka, the neo-Renaissance building of the Applied Arts School in Prague. In Trenčianské Teplice, he designed the main spa building and the Turkish bath facility. Schmoranz's works are characterized by a wide range of styles, drawing from Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture, and not least applying an Oriental style. In 1873, he was awarded the Order of Franz Joseph II for his activities and in 1876 the Turkish Order of Medjidie.
František Schmoranz Jr. was a Czech historicist architect, artist, educator, construction entrepreneur, and expert on the Orient. He was the founder and first director of the Applied Arts School in Prague. He came from a family of builder and mason František Schmoranz Sr. From 1863 to 1868, he studied architecture at the Prague University of Technology under Josef Zítek. He completed study trips to France, Belgium, and the German states. In 1868, he traveled with architect Carl von Diebitsch to document ancient monuments in Egypt. After Diebitsch's death a year later, he was entrusted with leading the design studio and participated in the realization of palaces for the Suez Canal Company and Egyptian viceroy Isma'il Pasha. At the World Exhibition in Vienna (1873), he installed the Egyptian-Sudanese section and realized the exhibition pavilions for the Egyptian viceroy. In 1874, he founded his own design office in Vienna together with his colleague Jan Machytka. Among the Vienna projects are, among others, the complex of the Imperial Geological Institute and the adaptation of Count Harrach's palace. In Bohemia, he designed, for example, the Wiesner Palace and the tomb in Chrudim, the building of the Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague, and together with Jan Machytka, the neo-Renaissance building of the Applied Arts School in Prague. In Trenčianské Teplice, he designed the main spa building and the Turkish bath facility. Schmoranz's works are characterized by a wide range of styles, drawing from Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture, and not least applying an Oriental style. In 1873, he was awarded the Order of Franz Joseph II for his activities and in 1876 the Turkish Order of Medjidie.
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