Karla Absolonová-Bufková

Karla Absolonová-Bufková
Born
Karolina Anna Maximiliana Wankelová

(1855-02-07)7 February 1855
Blansko, Moravia, Austrian Empire
Died29 November 1941(1941-11-29) (aged 86)
Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Occupation
LanguageCzech
Notable worksZ Ječmínkovy říše: moravské povídky a pověsti (1897)
Spouse
Vilibald Absolon
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(m. 1872; died 1882)​

Eduard Bufka
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(m. 1887)​
Children3, including
Karel Absolon
Vladimír Jindřich Bufka
RelativesJindřich Wankel (father)
Lucie Bakešová (sister)

Karla Anna Maximiliana Absolonová-Bufková (née Wankelová; 7 February 1855 – 29 November 1941) was a Czech writer, ethnographer and folklorist. Absolonová-Bufková wrote children's books and plays, and collected Moravian customs, folktales, legends and Moravian folk music.

Early life

Karolina Anna Maximiliana Wankelová was born on 7 February 1855 in Blansko, Moravia (present-day Czech Republic) to Jindřich Wankel and Eliška Wanklová (née Šímová).[1][2][3][4][5] Absolonová-Bufková's father was a palaeontologist and archaeologist known as the "father of Moravian archaeology" and her mother was an ethnographer and national revivalist.[4][1][5] The second of four sisters, Absolonová-Bufková was the younger sister of Lucie Bakešová, an ethnographer and social worker and was the older sister of Madlena Wanklová [cs], an ethnographer and feminist, and Vlasta Havelková, an ethnographer and curator.[4][1][2][5]

Absolonová-Bufková attended municipal school in Blansko, before studying at The Higher Girls' School in Prague.[2] When Absolonová-Bufková was a child, her father was a friend of the painter Josef Mánes. Mánes would stay with in the family home and painted a portrait of her dressed in national costume when she was aged 12.[4]

Career

Alongside writing children's books and plays, Absolonová-Bufková was an ethnographer and folklorist.[6][7] She collected Moravian customs, folktales, legends and music and was particularly interested in the ornamentation of folk objects.[8] She initially published articles about her work in women's magazines.[1][9] She then published her collected Moravian legends in the book Z Ječmínkovy říše: moravské povídky a pověsti (1897),[1] and recorded the legend of Býčí skála Cave.[10] With her sisters, Absolonová-Bufková prepared ethnographic exhibitions in Olomouc (1885) and Prague (1895).[1]

Absolonová-Bufková was a member of the Museum Association in Olomouc and the women's singing group the Academic Society Žerotín. She was also active in the women's movement with her sisters.[1]

Personal life

On 4 November 1872, Absolonová-Bufková married Vilibald Absolon (died 1882), a physician.[2] Absolonová-Bufková and Absolon had two children Karel Absolon, a palaeontologist and naturalist[11] and Olga Stránská-Absolonová, a writer and suffragist.[12][13] The family lived in Boskovice, South Moravia.

In 1887, Absolonová-Bufková married Eduard Bufka, a clerk and banker.[2][4] Absolonová-Bufková and Bufka had one son Vladimír Jindřich Bufka, a chemist and photographer.[14][11]

Absolonová-Bufková died on 29 November 1941 in Prague aged 86.[1][2]

Select publications

  • Z Ječmínkovy říše: moravské povídky a pověsti (1897)[15]
  • Po stopách slovanských na Rujáně (1900)
  • Moravské pověsti a pohádky zejména z Krasu moravského (1920)[1][15]
  • Tulák: drama ve čtyřech jednáních (1925)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Husová, Marcella. "BUFKOVÁ-WANKLOVÁ Karla 1855–1941". Biografický slovník českých zemí (in Czech). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Karla Bufková". Encyklopedie dějin Brna (in Czech). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ^ Šášinková, Marcela (2005). Žena umělkyně na přelomu 19. a 20. století (in Czech). Středočeské muzeum v Roztokách u Prahy. p. 365. ISBN 978-80-239-5958-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Blanenský chodec: Děvčátko, jež stálo modelem Mánesovi". Blanenský deník (in Czech). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Kulaviaoková, Dagmar (2008) Příběh ženské emancipace v rodině JIndřicha Wankela (in Czech). p. 58.
  6. ^ Uhrová, Eva (2008). České ženy známé a neznámé (in Czech). E. Uhrová. pp. 124–137. ISBN 978-80-254-3002-6.
  7. ^ "Bufková-Wanklová, Karla 1855-1941". ObalkyKnih.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  8. ^ Folia ethnographica (in Czech). Vol. 33. Moravské muzeum. 1999. p. 38. ISBN 978-80-7028-472-8.
  9. ^ Nový velký ilustrovaný slovník naučný (in Czech). Vol. 18. Nakl. Nebeský a Beznoska. 1933. p. 8.
  10. ^ Stejskalová, Helena (13 January 2023). "Záhadná Býčí skála: Pohřbili zde místo velmože ženu?". epochaplus.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b Moštěk, Martin (21 November 2020). "Matka vědce Absolona, který se věnoval průzkumu Krasu, sbírala pověsti a písně". Blanenský deník (in Czech). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  12. ^ "STRÁNSKÁ Olga 1872–1927". Biografický slovník českých zemí (in Czech). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  13. ^ Horák, Pavel; Hájková, Dagmar; Rous, Lukáš (24 March 2025). T. G. M. v kostce (in Czech). Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR. p. 26. ISBN 978-80-88611-29-5.
  14. ^ Dufek, Antonín (2010). Vladimír Jindřich Bufka. Torst. ISBN 978-80-7215-401-2.
  15. ^ a b Forst, Vladimír (1985). "Karla Bufková-Wankelová". Lexikon české literatury osobnosti, díla, instituce [Lexicon of Czech Literature personalities, works, institutions] (in Czech). Vol. 1 (A-G). Praha: Academia. p. 326. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via Digitální knihovna AV ČR.
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