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).
Table Lamps | by Josef Hurka
Czech Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
1618 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1954
Eastern European 21616 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
85133 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Large Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Large Metal and Fiberglass Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Czech Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Vintage Yellow Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Mid-Century Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Stilnovo, 1960s
Industrial Work Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Talampa Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1920s
Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1968
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Functionalist Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Small Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1968
Mid-Century White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Metal Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Kovona, 1960s
Vintage Modern Table Lamps by Josef Hůrka for Lidokov, 1950s, Set of 2
Vintage Czechoslovak Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Model 1618 Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Mid-Century Blue Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Modernist No. 0518 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Modernist 1618 Desk Lamps by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1950s, Set of 2
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka from Napako, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Model 1195 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s, Set of 2
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century L117 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov
Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Vintage Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1970s
MId-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Rocket Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1968
Space Age Model Rocket Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Model 1621 Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Rocket Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
1618 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Metal Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Vintage Czechoslovakian Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Vintage Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Model 1636 Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red & Chrome 1636 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s, Set of 2
Red and White Model 1618 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Adjustable Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
MId-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1968
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol
Copper Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Model 851020 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drukov, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Desk Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, Set of 2
Model 1636 Red Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Blue Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1950s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table / Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Mid-Century Adjustable Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1965
Mid-Century Type 0521 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1970s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Table or Wall Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
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