Topičův dům, Art Nouveau museum building in Old Town, Prague.
Topičův dům is an Art Nouveau building at Národní třída 1010/9 in Prague's Old Town, built in 1906 to a design by Osvald Polívka for publisher František Topič. Its facade has a large inverted-T bay window on the first and second floors, a balcony railing bearing the name "F. Topič", and two rounded attic gables inscribed "Topič".
František Topič opened his first exhibition hall in 1894 in a courtyard wing designed by Jan Zeyer; the publishing house had held a concession since 1883. After the insurer demolished that wing, a new house by Osvald Polívka opened on 2 October 1906, built by Matěj Blecha, and hosted 47 exhibitions until March 1911.
The salon's name comes from bookseller František Topič, who opened it in 1894 as the exhibition hall of his publishing house. Its window displayed a modern pictorial poster by Viktor Oliva, and the 1896 graphics exhibition brought together sixty European printmakers, among them Toulouse-Lautrec and Emil Orlik.
Topičův dům stands at Národní třída 1010/9, connected to house no. 339/11, in Prague 1's Old Town. The original salon occupied a courtyard wing later used by Divadlo Viola from 1963; the 1906 hall is entered from the street front. The last salon run by Společnost Topičova salonu closed in 2020, so check current access before visiting.
The salon's first home was a courtyard annex designed by Jan Zeyer, built in 1894; the insurer Praha had it demolished once no new use was found, and from 1963 the adapted courtyard has housed the Viola theatre. The 1896 graphics exhibition showed about sixty European printmakers, among them Toulouse-Lautrec, Félicien Rops and Emil Orlik.
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