Designer · Czechoslovakia · 1913–1960
Frantisek Zemek
František Zemek (1913–1960) – Czech glass designer, chief designer at Sklárna Mstišov from 1956–1959, creator of the Rhapsody and Harmony series.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1913–1960
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Manufacturers
- Sklárna Mstišov
František Zemek trained at the glassmaking school in Železný Brod under Professor Karel Štipl. In 1949, he worked at Sklárna Chřibská, from 1952–1957 in Železný Brod, and from 1956–1959 he was chief designer at Sklárna Mstišov. He died in a motorcycle accident in 1960.
His best-known design is the Rhapsody series from 1956, revised in 1960 – knobs were replaced by applied strips at that point. The Harmony series was created in 1959. One of his vases from 1957 was reproduced in the book “Modern Bohemian Glass” (1963).
Key designs
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Rhapsody
glassware series, revised in 1960
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Harmony
glassware series
