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Josef Chochol (13 December 1880 – 6 July 1956) was aCzech architect.[1] He was a key member ofMánes Union of Fine Arts and worked in a Cubist style.[1]
Chochol was born on 13 December 1880 inPísek. He studied architecture at thePrague Polytechnic (1908–1924), then at the academy inVienna, under the guidance ofOtto Wagner (1907–1909). He died on 6 July 1956 inPrague.
He was one of three significantCubist architects, together withPavel Janák andJosef Gočár; all three were members of theMánes Union of Fine Arts. Chochol was a member since 1913 until he was expelled in 1945 for "patriotic deficiency".
Three buildings he designed inVyšehrad part of Prague are considered masterworks of Cubist architecture:
His other projects were:
Most of his other designs (cubist factory, theatre) were admired but never realized. In 1914, he abandoned the Cubist style and began working in the internationally orientedconstructivist style.
Chochol was also active in politics: he was a founding member of the Left Front organisation and the Association of Socialist Architects, and was the only one of the Czech Cubists with strong political views.
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