6 February 1884 Jicin - 28 August 1964 Prague
Architect, painter, furniture designer, scenographic designer, studied at the Czech Institute of Technology, a member of Artel, Manes and Skupina vytvarnych umelcu. Hofman was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Decorative Arts Exhibition in 1925, a great prize at the Art and Technology Exhibition in Paris in 1937 and at the Milan Trienale in 1940. An important exponent of Czech architectural Cubism. Most of his Prague projects were unrealized.

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A partly realized project for the Dablice cemetery was the only Cubist work in Prague by Vlastislav Hofman despite many scheme proposals, including the Palacky Square reconstruction and the Zizka Monument competition at Vitkov Hill. The cemetery project should have included a mortuary, a crematorium, a ceremonial hall and administrative offices but only two entrance pavilions with an enclosing perimeter wall and the main gates were built. Nevertheless, the mastery of the architect is clearly evident. The pavilion's stepped copper roof topped with a lantern, the eight-sided bulging windows together with the strongly modelled metalwork gates and crystal forms inserted into the perimeter wall show confidence and a delicate skill in dealing with Cubist forms.