Jakub Bursa Explained

Jakub Bursa (21 July 1813 in Dolní Nekvasovice – 19 August 1884 in Vlachovo Březí) was a Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohemia in the style of the so-called rural South Bohemian Baroque. The last known date of his work is 1861; details of the last 23 years of his life are unknown.^[1]

Bibliography

• Book: Ondřej. Fibich. Pavel. Hájek. Jan. Müller. Ivana. Řandová. Karel. Skalický. Jana. Štorková. 2015. Jakub Bursa a jihočeská venkovská architektura. Jakub Bursa and South Bohemian Rural Architecture. cs. České Budějovice. Národní památkový ústav. 978-80-85033-59-5.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Volyňsko - zednický mistr Jakub Bursa. cs. n.d.. lidove-stavby.cz. 24 April 2024.