House of the Black Madonna
The House of the Black Madonna is a cubist building in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by Josef Gočár. The first floor houses a café, while the four upper floors are used by the Museum of Czech Cubism.
House of the Black Madonna
The baroque House of the Black Madonna, demolished in 1911
Figure of the Black Madonna, reconstructed in 2000
The Grand Café Orient restaurant on the first floor
Czech Cubism was an avant-garde art movement of Czech proponents of Cubism, active mostly in Prague from 1912 to 1914. Prague was perhaps the most important center for Cubism outside Paris before the start of World War I.
Image: Bohumil Kubišta
Image: Prag Kubismus Schwarze Madonna 1
Image: NM Český kubismus cukřenka
Cubist Kovařovicova villa designed by Josef Chochol, Prague