An imposing statue, the largest in Europe at the time, ironically nicknamed “meat queue”. It was built in the 1950s in Prague’s Letná Park to honour the communist leader Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin.
A group of young Czech painters following the pre-war avant-garde, who combined Czech fine arts with European art in their manifesto exhibitions.
Czech symbolist sculptor, one of the leading figures of Czech sculpture at the turn of the century.
Surrealism-influenced association of artists and writers, active in the 1930s. It consisted of members of the Devětsil group (Vítězslav Nezval, Jindřich Štyrský, Toyen, etc.).
Czech fine arts and literary association of the second generation of Czech symbolists active between 1910 and 1912, whose members were interested in man’s inner condition, were influenced by occultism and magic and tried to capture higher consciousness.
A prominent painter, illustrator, drawer and translator, the foremost representative of Czech Surrealism and a modern fine artist recognised in Europe.
Prominent Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator, one of the most in-demand representatives of modern art in the Czech Republic. His paintings are very popular with art collectors and sold for millions.
The most prominent Czech medallist, sculptor, engraver and university teacher, one of the founding figures of Czech modern sculpture.
Prominent Czech sculptor, one of the founding figures of Czech modern sculpture at the beginning of the 20th century.
Painter and graphic artist, the most important representative of interwar avant-garde and Surrealism in Czech culture, co-founder of surrealist groups and of Artificialism (together with Toyen). He also worked as a photographer.
Painter, graphic artist and engraver, talented and recognised portrait painter. He was admired for his precision, exceptional drawing skills and a wide range of graphic techniques. He became an official artist, decorated by several political regimes.
Theoretician and aesthetician, a leading figure of Czech left Avant-Garde, sociologist of architecture, fine artist, literary critic, publicist and translator. He was a founder of Poetism and pioneered the acceptance of Surrealism.
The most famous Czech female painter and graphic artist, representative of European Surrealism, also acknowledged abroad (France). She was distinguished by her bohemian life style and longing for freedom, expressed in paintings with powerful eroticism.
Painter, graphic artist and writer, also a sculptor and engraver, a talented drawer, illustrator and typographer, who created original types and invented new graphic methods.
Prominent and still not fully appreciated Czech abstract painter, one of the pioneers and classics of Czech modern painting of the second half of the 20th century.
Distinguished painter, film artist and one of the most popular and published Czech illustrators of the 20th century. Her illustrations decorate hundreds of books for children.
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator and scenographer, a prominent figure of interwar Czech Avant-garde. His works are characterised by a simplicity of volume, lyrical harmony and imagination, which brought him close to Poetism.
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