Blažíčkova was built in 1962. They were busy round here in 1962.
Oldřich Blažíček was born in Slavkovice in 1887. Along with his brother, he trained as a house painter, and then moved to Prague to develop his career.
Eventually, he got a place at the School of Applied Arts (UPŠ), eventually transferring to and graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU). The people he met through his studies included the subject of yesterday’s post, Rudolf Kremlička (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/04/30/prague-4-day-372-kremlickova/).
Ultimately, Blažíček became known for his landscape paintings of his native Vysočina (see 1919’s Na chmelnici / On the hop field, and 1939’s Krajina s vesnicí / Landscape with village, both below).
He was also known for his paintings of church interiors (including St Vitus’ Cathedral – see https://www.galeriekodl.cz/cs/polozka/3590-interier-chramu-sv-vita-oldrich-blazicek/, for example).
His paintings of places of worship weren’t restricted to churches; here’s 1913’s Staronová synagoga, which is on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/26/prague-1-day-218-cervena/).
His reputation earned him a professor position at the Czech Technical University, where he worked from 1927 to 1948.
Blažíček died in 1953, and is buried at Šárka Cemetery in Dejvice.
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