Jakub Bursa

{{Short description|Czech architect, folk artist, and builder}}

Jakub Bursa (21 July 1813 in Dolní Nekvasovice – 19 August 1884 in Vlachovo Březí) was a Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohemia in the style of the so-called rural South Bohemian Baroque. The last known date of his work is 1861; details of the last 23 years of his life are unknown.{{cite web|url=https://www.lidove-stavby.cz/?volynsko-zednicky-mistr-jakub-bursa,25|title=Volyňsko - zednický mistr Jakub Bursa|language=cs|date=n.d.|publisher=lidove-stavby.cz|access-date=24 April 2024}}