Stanislav Sucharda

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Stanislav Sucharda (1866 - 1916), Czech sculptor and professor at the Prague School of Applied Arts from 1899, and a leading figure in the Mánes Union of Fine Arts (S.U.V. Mánes), founded in 1887.

His work can be seen at the František Palacký Monument in the New Town, Prague, and architectural sculpture on several Art Nouveau buildings for Czech architects Osvald Polívka and Jan Kotěra, notably Polívka's New Town Hall in Prague.

Sucharda was the father of Czech sculptor and puppeteer Vojtěch Sucharda.