Contemporary Czech graphic artist, illustrator and author of animated films and books for children. He is recognised both at home and abroad for his works which deal with man’s freedom and his dreams, and for his numerous illustrations.
A cycle of large-format paintings, one of the unique art works in the Czech Republic, which was included in the project [Seven] Wonders of Czechia in the category “Art and Culture” (2010).
Impressionist painter, leading representative of Czech art at the turn of the century, an acknowledged pedagogue and a master of modern Czech landscape painting.
Czech fine artist, book illustrator, exceptional animator, screenwriter and director of animated films who primarily focused on working for children and created more than 400 fairy-tale films, such as the television bedtime stories about Rákosníček.
Flemish Mannerist painter and talented drawer, a foremost court artist of Rudolph II, who worked in Prague and with his multifaceted works marked the beginning of Baroque, influencing several generations of artists in the Czech lands, but also all over Europe.
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.
Contemporary performer, painter and photographer, also recognised abroad because of her socially engaged projects.
A prominent painter, illustrator, drawer and translator, the foremost representative of Czech Surrealism and a modern fine artist recognised in Europe.
Early Baroque painter regarded as one of the founders of Baroque painting in Bohemia, internationally famous.
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.
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