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Unknown author

In the case of applied arts – i.e. antiques – the phenomenon of unknown author is more than frequent. The author of a particular design usually was a craftsman whose social status was rather low. While medieval creators are, at best, known from the records of guilds, Renaissance brought along some exceptions when the author was a court craftsman enjoying equal prestige as court artists.

More common products intended for bourgeois clientele usually were serial products which were sometimes signed or marked, but often by a mark of an individual workshop or manufacture – which again does not help much in identifying author of the design. In the case of porcelain manufactures, for example, we often know authors of the designs or the names of the particular top painters on the bases of extensive and subsequently published research of written sources. The producer sometimes also placed signature of an author on its products, but only if it was name whose renown could increase interest in the product and add to its exclusivity.

During the 19th century, serial mass production gradually came to the fore, and the authors of the designs naturally remained anonymous. The end of the 19th century witnessed new interest in high-quality craftsmanship work in reaction to the soulless serial production. Even architects began to be involved in designing items of applied arts in the effort to furnish the designed buildings by high-quality equipment. In that case, the author was presented on the products which increased their marketability. During the 20th century, the designers were also often presented if they enjoyed general respect. Signatures appeared, for example, on porcelain. Significant authors of designs are usually moreover presented in the promotion materials of the companies. It can be said in general, however, that even a top quality design can be in most cases merely attributed to an unknown author.

 

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Martin Gerboc
Joseph Griffin
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Peter Harach
Martin Hašek
Pavel Havelka
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Fritz Heidenreich
Jan Herman
Tomáš Hlavina
Martin Hlubuček
Jaroslav Horejc
Anežka Hošková
Vladimír Houdek
Zbyněk Hřivnáč
Pavel Humhal
Charles & Ray Eames
Martina Chloupa
Vlastislav Janáček
Martin Janecký
Věra Janoušková
Jan Jaroš
Jaroslav Ježek
Hella Jongerius
Josef Strnad - Trnovany
Mariana Jůdová
Jaroslav Juřica
Irena Jůzová
Jan Kaláb
Lukáš Karbus
Theodor Kärner
Krištof Kintera
Archibald Knox
Karel Kobosil
Martin Kocourek
Václav Kočí
Lucie Koldová
Stanislav Kolíbal
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Antonín Kopp
Pavel Kopřiva
Karolína Kopřivová
Jiří Kovanda
Jerry Koza
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Zuzana Kynčlová
Tomáš Lahoda
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Georg Leowald
František Lesák
Zdeněk Lhotský
Ferdinand Liebermann
Jan Lichtág
Theodor Lindberg
M. A. Logia
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Ferdinand Lugerth
Greg Lynn
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Oto Macek
Martin Mainer
Jindřich Marek
Blažena Martiníková
Ivana Mašitová
Jiří Matějů
František Matoušek
Jiří Matoušek
Jan Merta
Lidia Meszaroszová
Jitka Mikulicová
Joan Miró
Václav Miškovský
Jasper Morrison
George Nelson
Miloš Nemec
Lukáš Nikel
Petr Nikl
Filip Nízký
Isamu Noguchi
Ivona Nováková
Martin Nytra
Ottmar Obermaier
Olgoj Chorchoj
Petra Ondreičková
Pasta Oner
Gustav Oppel
Bet Orten
Jan Padrnos
Dagmar Pánková
Verner Panton
Petr Pastrňák
Petr Pavlík
Milan Pekař
Jiří Pelcl
A.R. Penck
Jacques Penel
Daniel Piršč
Petr Písařík
Daniel Pitín
Daria Podboj
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Anna Polanská
Pollak
Charles Pollock
Míla Preslová
Janja Prokić
Jean Prouvé
Ondřej Přibyl
Pavel Příkaský
Qubus Design Studio
Pravoslav Rada
Eva Růžičková
Václav Řezáč
Niki Saint Phalle
Luis Santos
Savy
Lada Semecká
Tereza Severová
Herman Schubert
Michal Singer
Vladimír Skrepl
Jitka Skuhravá
Leoš Smejkal
Tomáš Smetana
Kateřina Smolíková
Miloslav Smutný
Zbyněk Soukup
Petra Steinerová
Filip Streit
Miroslav Strnad
Antotnín Střížek
Roy Stuart
Jiří Surůvka
Jan Svoboda
Zdeněk Sýkora
Roman Šedina
Jan Šerých
Michal Šilhán
Dušan Šimánek
Adriena Šimotová
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Klára Šípková
Ivan Štěpán
René Šulc
Tereza Talichová
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Šimon Vahala
Dana Vachtová
Maarten Van Severen
Markéta Vaňková
Maxim Velčovský
František Vízner
Ludmila Vojířová
Monika Vosyková
Albrecht Wagner
Eugen Wagner
Bohumil Waigant
Mark Wallinger
Paulus Walsen
Andy Warhol
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Kurt Wendler
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Wilhelm Winder
David Wiseman
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Martin Zet
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Josef Žáček
Vladimír Žák
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