One of the most important Central European sculptors of Late Gothic, also an exceptional architect, stone mason and carver.
Typical Baroque sculpture in the shape of a column, towering above many Czech and Moravian town squares. It was built in the spirit of Catholic tradition most commonly as an expression of gratitude for the protection from plague.
Prominent sculptor, foremost representative of late Baroque and Classicist Czech sculpture, one of the most prolific artists of his era.
Specific Czech avant-garde movement founded by theoretician of modern art Karel Teige and poet Vítězslav Nezval, who sought to create a new way of understanding the world.
Prominent Classicist sculptor and carver, author of tombstones and monumental sculptures, reflecting Neoclassicist aesthetics.
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator and university teacher, one of the founders of Czech Modernism. His work contributed to the creation of a new, highly demanding artistic environment.
A distinguished representative of Czech fine arts in the first half of the 20th century. He was a graphic artist, typographer, painter, illustrator, photographer and was also a participant in the anti-Austrian and anti-Nazi struggle.
Czech painter, drawer and designer. An important figure in Czech fine arts of the first half of the 20th century and a prominent representative of Czech Cubism.
One of the most talented Czech still-life painters and one of the greatest portrait painters of the 19th century. He was rediscovered by the public only in the 20th century.
Czech costume designer and teacher, who lived in Slovakia. Granddaughter of Jan Evangelista Purkyně.
Art group consisting of fine artists and writers influenced by Surrealism, active in the 1940s.
Romanesque rotunda from 11th – 12th centuries, located on the premises of the castle of the Přemyslid dynasty in Znojmo. Because of its unique murals, it is one of the most important medieval monuments in the Czech Republic.
One of the best known memorials in the Czech Republic, a symbol of Czech statehood. It is located in the upper part of Wenceslas Square in Prague. It is inscribed on the list of national cultural monuments.
Czech painter and drawer of comics, the most important figure of Czech comics scene of the second part of 20th century.
Prominent illustrator, drawer, editor, journalist, caricaturist and a very talented writer with a distinct style. Author of stories of Ferdinand the Ant and Pytlík the Bug.
A group of young Czech artists, which during its short existence between 1939 and 1941 reacted to the beginning of war.
Prominent painter, landscapist, illustrator and fine arts pedagogue, regarded as one of the most talented academics at the turn of the century. He belonged to the so-called generation of the National Theatre.
One of the most talented and prominent sculptors of the generation of the National Theatre, whose sculptures masterfully complemented projects of many Czech and foreign architects.
Prominent Czech painter, graphic artist, illustrator and teacher. He contributed to Czech painting by introducing a new perspective and enriching it with his unique style based on his experiences from abroad and studying old masters on the one hand and modern trends of Symbolism and Art Nouveau on the other.
Distinguished Baroque and Classicist sculptor and carver who worked mostly in Moravia. He founded his own private art school. He was an exceptional historiographer who made a comprehensive list of monuments in Moravia.
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