Olga ZÁTKOVÁ-RYCHLÍKOVÁ-BALŠÁNKOVÁ

Olga ZÁTKOVÁ-RYCHLÍKOVÁ-BALŠÁNKOVÁ

Žena 1879 - 1960  (81 let)

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  • Jméno Olga ZÁTKOVÁ-RYCHLÍKOVÁ-BALŠÁNKOVÁ 
    Narození 19 Duben 1879  České Budějovice, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě 
    Pohlaví Žena 
    Úmrtí 7 Červen 1960  Praha, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě 
    ID číslo osoby I891  volesky
    Poslední změna 22 Leden 2017 

    Otec JUDr. August ZÁTKA, - advokát, politik,   nar. 17 Červenec 1847, České Budějovice, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě,   zemř. 31 Leden 1935, České Budějovice, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě  (Věk 87 let) 
    Matka Jana KLAVÍKOVÁ-ZÁTKOVÁ,   nar. 30 Duben 1859, České Budějovice, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě,   zemř. 20 Září 1933, Libníč, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě  (Věk 74 let) 
    Sňatek 27 Červenec 1878  České Budějovice, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě 
    ID číslo rodiny F320  Schéma rodiny

    Rodina 1 JUDr Jindřich RYCHLÍK,   nar. 12 Září 1863,   zemř. 9 Říjen 1909  (Věk 46 let) 
    Sňatek 30 Duben 1898 
    Děti 
     1. Vlastislav RYCHLÍK,   nar. 1 Červenec 1899, Praha, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě,   zemř. 30 Srpen 1899, Praha, Czech Rep. Najít všechny osoby s událostmi v tomto místě  (Věk 0 let)
    Poslední změna 23 Říjen 2016 
    ID číslo rodiny F628  Schéma rodiny

    Rodina 2 Prof. arch. Antonín BALŠÁNEK,   nar. 6 Duben 1865,   zemř. 22 Únor 1921  (Věk 55 let) 
    Sňatek 18 Duben 1916 
    Poslední změna 23 Říjen 2016 
    ID číslo rodiny F770  Schéma rodiny

  • Poznámky 
    • «b»Olga ZÁTKOVÁ-RYCHLÍKOVÁ-BALŠÁNKOVÁ
      «/b»«i»(April 19, 1879 in eské Bud jovice - June7, 1960 of stroke in Praha)
      «/i» The eldest Olga inherited her mother's disposition. She was an attractive, charming society lady, never lacking suitors and admirers. She was energetic, strong-willed, and held her opinions with uncompromising conviction regardless of their merits. Her happy childhood and youth bore no forewarning of the seemingly never-ending string of devastating events, haunting her adult life and her old age. On «i» April 30, 1898«/i» , at 19, she married a 15 years older «b»JUDr Jindřich Rychlík «/b»«i» (September 12, 1863 - October 9, 1909)«/i» , a handsome and elegant young lawyer with a sunny disposition. Jindřich was quickly accepted in the fold of the Zátka family and was liked by everyone. He loved company, sports - in many of which he excelled - and never spoiled fun. After the marriage the couple settled in Praha. The first blow came when their infant son «b»Vlastislav [II] «/b»«i» (July 1, 1899 «/i» - «i» August 30, 1899) «/i» died in infancy«i» . «/i»
      In spite of countless medical consultations and courses of treatments in various sanatoria and spas Olga never conceived again. For her it was a real tragedy, as she saw the meaning of her life in motherhood. Then from about «i» 1906«/i» , Jindřich's personality started to change. He became argumentative, intolerant, and expansive. This gave way to relentless personality breakdown, and ultimately to frank psychosis in «i» May 1909. «/i» His condition required institutionalization in a Mental Hospital«i» , «/i» where he died on «i» October 9, 1909 «/i» at only 46.
      Further comment on his disease jointly with that of «b»Julius [I] Kubert «/b»are in their respective files.«b»
      «/b» After Jindřich's death Olga vowed never to remarry. She devoted her energies to, and
      found some consolation and substitution for her unfulfilled maternal yearnings in the role of a
      vice-president of an Orphanage. Also, she brought up her nephew from her husband's family,
      and provided him with education culminating in a Law degree. She loved music and classical
      Russian literature. Russian, which she fully mastered, was her favored foreign language. Her
      compassionate nature and yearning for social justice, led to her sympathies for the intellectual
      left. Nonetheless, these inclinations, which resulted in her disapproval of capitalism, were largely
      emotional. She was unable to, or refused to realize, that her comfortable lifestyle, which she was
      quite fond of, was made possible only because of successful capitalist ventures of her uncle Ferdinand.
      Against her resolution not to remarry, she succumbed to sincere affection and advances of
      «b»Antonín Balšánek «/b»«i» (April 6, 1865 - February 22, 1921). «/i» Antonín Balšánek was a gifted and
      renowned architect, and professor of Architecture at the Czech Technical Institute in Praha. They
      got married on «i» April 18, 1916«/i» . Sadly, the marriage lasted only 5 years. Antonín Balšánek, who
      was already in his fifties, suffered of generalized arteriosclerosis already at the time of their
      wedding. The disease, which also affected his brain, profoundly compromised his cognitive
      faculties and changed his personality. Tragically, he ended his life on «i» February 22, 1921 «/i» in the
      same Mental Institution as Olga's first husband Jindřich.
      Architect Balšánek was an architect with vision. He was also an artist. Amongst many enduring monumental buildings and creations of lasting artistic value are notable Obecní Dům (Municipal House) in Praha, an Art Nouveau jewel counted amongst the best in Europe, theaters
      in Plzeň and Pardubice, Bridge of the Legions over the river Vltava in Praha, and a bridge over
      the river Neva in Petrograd (St Petersburg). He was generally believed to have amassed a large
      fortune in realization of such large contracts. It then came as a big surprise and a shock to
      everyone when his estate was found to be quite modest. Clearly, he was an artist and creator,
      not a businessman.
      At this point Vlastislav Zatka's «i»Narrative «/i»ends.Only little fragmentary information is available further about Olga's subsequent life and her old age from her grand niece, Diana Spickova-Petrik. The last blow to Olga came with the Communist rule. She lost her only income, which was from the family property. Her large apartment at Újezd in Praha was forcibly divided by the authorities, and she was left with a tiny nonfunctional remnant of the flat. Within it she had suffered the ignominy of a loss of privacy and even a modicum of comfort. Diana fondly remembers aunt Olga's regular weekly visits at Mrázovka. Aunt Olga read books and told stories to her grand-nephews and her grand-niece with endless patience, particularly during childhood illnesses. She regularly celebrated Christmas and other special days with the ka family, in which she finally found a substitute for her own family she always desired but was never granted. She died of stroke on «i» June 7, 1960 «/i» in Praha.