There is very little verifiable information available on the Czech designer Josef Hůrka, however it is known that he designed lighting - including desk and table lamps, as well as floor and ceiling lights - for the manufacturers Drupol, Napako, and Lidokov. His career spanned almost four decades, but one of his early collaborations, with lighting manufacturer Napako (NÁstrojaři-PAsíři-KOvotlačitelé), proved to be the most fruitful. His lamps appear in bright colors and take on geometrical and angular forms. Designs for Napako include a UFO-shaped, Bauhaus inspired ceiling light (1930s); the Model 1618 Table Lamp (1954), which features a height adjustable cylindrical shade on a tripod base; the Model 1633 Table Lamp (1950s); the Model 0513 Table Lamp (1950s), which has a conical tin-lacquered shade; and for Drupol the Model 21616 Table Lamp (1963).
Lighting | by Josef Hurka
Industrial Work Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table / Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage L30 Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red & Chrome 1636 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Bauhaus and Functionalism UFO Pendant by Josef Hurka for Krasna JIzba, 1930s
Vintage Yellow Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1969
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Metal Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Kovona, 1960s
Type 85104 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Chandelier by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
SaleModel 1621 Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red Metal & White Glass 1621 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Large Czech Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Large Czech Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
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Yellow and White Model 81339 Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Model 1195 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s, Set of 2
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Czech Modernist Copper Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1958
Red and White Model 1618 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Talampa Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
1711 Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Tall Red Metal and Chrome Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
SaleDesk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Mid-Century Model 83106 Sconces by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Functionalist Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Orange Model 85 133 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Copper Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Floor Lamp, Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Stilnovo, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka from Napako, 1970s
Mid-Century Adjustable Wall Light by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Small Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Space Age Giraffe Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Vintage Czech Rocket Tripod Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Space Age UFO Brass Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1940s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1968
Vintage Czechoslovak Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Kovona, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Vintage Modern Table Lamps by Josef Hůrka for Lidokov, 1950s, Set of 2
Vintage Tripod Rocket Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Metal Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Czechoslovak Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Mid-Century Adjustable Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Rocket Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Gray Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
SaleFloor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Copper and Glass Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Mid-Century Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Vintage White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Model 1703 Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1920s
Mid-Century Adjustable Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1954
Mid-Century Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Modernist No. 0518 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s, Set of 2
Model 0405 Sconces by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Kamenický Šenov, 1960s, Set of 2
Vintage Modernist Style Model 1633 Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako
Chrome Plated Bauhaus Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Mid-Century Wall or Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Mid-Century Frosted Glass and Iron Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Mid-Century Modernist Pendant by Josef Hurka
Mid-Century Wall Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Czechoslovakian Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Adjustable Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Functionalist Copper UFO Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1940s
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