Jan Sokol - architect - invitation to the opening exhibition

The Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín, in collaboration with the National Gallery in Prague, is preparing an exhibition of the work of the significant Czech architect Jan Sokol (May 25, 1904 Roudnice – September 27, 1987 Prague) from March 21 to April 30, 2017, in its exhibition spaces at Building 14 in Zlín. He began teaching at the Arts and Crafts School in Prague in 1936. In 1953, he had to leave the school. Primarily due to his Christian beliefs, most of his works remained in the stage of studies and competition projects on paper.
This significant architect also worked in our region and is the author of the winning design for the church and the Tomáš Baťa Memorial in Baťov-Otrokovice (1940) as well as the church project for Luhačovice (1967). Neither of these projects was ultimately realized due to the historical situation. The exhibition in the Zlín gallery aims to commemorate the personality of the architect who dedicated his entire life to designing church buildings and their furnishings. For example, the temple doors of the Golden Gate were created according to Sokol's design from 1956 to 1966 in St. Vitus Cathedral, where he also designed the altar in the main nave and the reliquary for the skull of St. Vojtěch. He realized the castle pavilion with Reiner's fresco at Duchcov Castle (1973 to 1982), among others.

The opening, attended by the gallery director Václav Mílek and the exhibition author Radomíra Sedláková, will take place on Tuesday, March 21 at 5:00 PM.

A guided tour with the exhibition curator Ladislava Horňáková will be held on April 4 at 4:00 PM and April 12 at 10:00 AM.

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