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List Of Czech Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in the Czech Republic or Czechoslovakia or whose artworks are closely associated with those countries. B * Edith Birkin (1927–2018), painter * Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894–1980), graphic artist *Zdenka Braunerová (1858–1934), landscape painter C * Anna Chromý (born 1940), painter, sculptor * Zuzana Čížková (born 1982), sculptor, painter D * Anna Daučíková (born 1950), visual artist * Dorrit Dekk (1917–2014), graphic designer, printmaker and painter * Tamara Divišková (born 1934), ceramist * Hana Dostalová (1890–1981), painter, illustrator, textile and glass designer E * Helena Emingerová (1858–1943), visual artist F * Felicita Frai (1909–2010), painter H *Helga Hošková-Weissová (born 1929), painter J * Irena Jůzová (born 1965), sculptor * Věra Janoušková (1922–2010), sculptor, painter, graphic artist K * Mary Louisa Kirschner (1852–1931), painter, glass artist * Marian Korn (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Korn
Marian Korn (1914–1987) was a Czechoslovakian printmaker. She was born February 15, 1914, in Chomutov, Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1931, she moved to Prague, and in 1931, she graduated from the Women's College of Prague. She married in 1938, and emigrated to the United States in 1939. In 1949, she moved to Tokyo with her entrepreneur husband Frank and two daughters. In 1970, Korn accompanied one of her daughters to the atelier of Gaston Petit, where the daughter had been taking lessons. The daughter eventually became an art historian specializing in Japanese art, and, at the age of 56, Korn began her printmaking career by making woodcuts and linocuts. Her honors included a full membership in Shuyōkai (1984) and an associate membership in Kokugakai (1985). She died in Tokyo on February 24, 1987. Oeuvre Her first prints were representational, often with Japanese themes. By 1974, some were completely abstract, and by 1982, the majority were abstract. Her ''catalogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Piepenhagen-Mohr
Charlotte Ludmila Weyrother-Mohr-Piepenhagen (19 October 1821 in Prague – 3 January 1902 in Prague) was a Bohemian landscape painter and lithographer in the Romantic style. Biography She was one of four children born to the landscape painter of Brandenburgian (German) origin, August Piepenhagen. She and her younger sister, Louisa, took their first art lessons with him at home, as women were not accepted in the public art schools.Timeline @ the . In 1838, she had her first showing with Czech artistic organisation ("Society for Promotion of the Arts"), of which she was a member from 1878 to 1890. She also exhibited at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Pavlátová
Michaela Pavlátová (born 27 February 1961) is a Czech animator, film director and teacher. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for ''Words, Words, Words'' (1991) and won the Short Film Golden Bear for ''Repete'' (1995). As a feminist experimental animator Michaela's work explores themes of sex, gender, philosophy and relationality. Beyond her independent work she worked as the art director for Wildbrain Inc. She currently teaches animation at the Academy of Performing Arts, film and TV School in Prague. Michaela has also taught at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, the Academy of Art College, Computer Arts Institute in San Francisco and at Harvard University in Prague. Education Michaela attended the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague Accolades ''Reci, Reci, Reci'' was nominated for the 1992 Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Her awards for the short animated film ''Repete'' include the Golden Bear, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Květa Pacovská
Květa Pacovská (born 28 July 1928) is a Czech artist and illustrator. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1992 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature". Life and career Pacovská was born in Prague and studied at its School of Applied Arts, where she mainly worked in graphic art, arts, conceptual art and artist book fields. For many years she developed a career as a graphic designer and participated in more than 50 exhibitions. In 1961 she started drawing picture books for her own children. Her work is characterised by the use of geometric forms and vibrant colours, mainly red. ''"White and black are not included in the colour spectrum but for me they are colours and mean maximum contrast. And maximum contrast is the maximum beauty. I am striving for maximum contrast. Red and green.The placing of colours one over the other. It depends on the relation, proportion, rhythm, size, amount and how we placed colours together.It is like music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslava Muchová
Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová (15 March 1909 – 9 November 1986) was a Czech painter, the daughter of painter Alphonse Mucha and the sister of writer and translator Jiří Mucha. Biography Muchová was born in New York on 15 March 1909 her parents were in the United States while her father tried unsuccessfully to raise funds to support his project ''The Slav Epic'' ( cs, Slovanská epopej). As a child she studied ballet, but eventually followed in the footsteps of her father: she assisted in the creation of the ''Slav Epic'' by mixing colours and tracing detail studies onto the giant canvases ready for painting. She was responsible for painting the entire starry sky of ''Slavs in their Original Homeland: Between the Turanian Whip and the sword of the Goths'' ( cs, Slované v pravlasti: Mezi turanskou knutou a mečem Gótů). She also modelled for several of the figures that appear in the series. After World War II, she took on the restoration of works from the ''Slav Epic'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Miklínová
Galina Miklínová (July 28, 1970) is a Czech illustrator and director of cartoons. She graduated from UMPRUM in Prague in 1997. She also studied at the University of Humberside in the United Kingdom. She won many awards as both an author of cartoons and an illustrator of books. She often works with a Czech poet Pavel Šrut Pavel Šrut (3 April 1940, in Prague – 20 April 2018) was a Czech poet and writer. Career After graduating in 1967 from the Charles University in Prague where he studied English and Spanish, Šrut worked as an editor in a publishing house. S .... Works Filmography *''Biograf'' (1997) *''Bajky ze zahrady'' (2003) *''O Kanafáskovi'' (2004) *''Hra'' (2004) *''Nešťastné narozeniny Péti Fotky'' (2005) *''O Kanafáskovi II. (2008)'' External links Bio-, filmo- and bibliography with a list of awards, in Czech 1970 births Living people Czech illustrators Czech animators Czech women animators Czech women illustrators Czech film directors C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Matejka
Alena Matejka (also Alena Matějková; born 26 January 1966) is a Czech sculptor and glass designer. She also works with other materials, often in combination. Education Matejka was born in Jindřichův Hradec; she studied at the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov from 1981 until 1985. She was a student of Professor Vladimir Kopecky at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (AAAD) between 1989 and 1997. In 1995 she studied for two months at the Glasgow School of Art, in the Ceramic Department. From 2000 to 2005 she studied for a PhD, again at the AAAD.Sylva Petrova, Research Professor and Director of Institute for International Research in Glass asks Alena 10 question ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adéla Matasová
Adéla Matasová (born 26 July 1940, in Prague) is a Czech sculptor, multimedia artist and professor at the Art Institute. Biography Between 1954 and 1958, Matasova attended the Technical College of Interior Design in Prague. In 1958 she started studies at the Department of monumental painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (headed by prof. V. Sychra) and graduated in 1964. She was awarded the UNESCO grant for a two-month stay in Paris in 1968. By the second half of the 1960s, her interest focused on sculpture and relief, using synthetic resin as basic material for her objects. These works were presented on individual exhibition in Prague in 1970. In 1974, she was invited to prepare a performance project (on music composed by E. Varese) in Ceské Budejovice. By the second half of the 1970s Matasova found new possibility and challenge in work with crude paper mass. Her paper reliefs combined with pencil drawing were awarded a prize at the Biennial of Drawing in Rijeka i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalie Mánesová
Amalie Mánesová (21 January 1817, Prague - 4 July 1883, Prague) was a Czech landscape painter. Biography She came from an artistic family. Her father, Antonín Mánes, brothers Josef Mánes, Josef and Quido Mánes, Quido, and uncle Václav Mánes, Václav were all painters. Although she wanted to specialize in portraits, her father believed it was inappropriate for a woman to do so and insisted that she do landscapes instead.Renáta Tyršová, "Amalie Manesová", in ''Světozor'', December 1899, #52/ref> He also gave her the only formal training she ever received. Much of her time was devoted to teaching her brothers. After her father's death in 1843, she took over his drawing courses; mostly patronized by wealthy aristocrats. The money earned was used to help her brothers, who were having trouble getting established in studios of their own. Impressed with Josef's talent, she accompanied him to Munich; teaching him to be more diligent and frugal. Once there, however, he fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermine Laucota
Hermine is a feminine form of Herman, consisting of the elements '' harja-'' "army" and '' mann-'' "man". It could also be a variant of the Greek name Hermione. Hermine, Herminie, or Hermin may refer to: People with the given name Hermine Mononym * Archduchess Hermine of Austria (1817–1842), member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine * Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797–1817), archduchess of Austria * Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1827–1910), German princess B *Hermine Bosetti (1875-1936), German coloratura soprano *Hermine Baron (1912–1996), American contract bridge player * Hermine “Herma” Bauma (1915–2003), Austrian athlete *Hermine Beckett-Hanna, who may have started National Grandparents Day *Hermine Berthold (1896–1990), German resistance activist during the Nazi years and politician *Hermine Boettcher-Brueckner (born 1918), Nazi SS auxiliary guard *Hermine Bosetti (1875–1936), German coloratura soprano * Hermine B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Krupičková
Martina Krupičková () (born 15 September 1975) is a Czech oil on canvas artist. Early life Martina Krupičková was born in the Czech town of '' Světlá nad Sázavou'', which is approximately 100 km from Prague, Czech Republic. In 1990, Krupičková commenced Fashion Design and Textile studies at a school in Brno. After graduating, Krupičková traveled extensively, including several months in England and the USA. In 1999, Krupičková returned to Prague and started to paint oil on a black canvas using a palette knife. Career Krupičková has since had over 30 exhibitions, including a work in the 2008 ''Royal Academy'' Summer Exhibition. She was interviewed on Czech Television CT1 Dobre Rano (17 June 2008), and on Czech Television CT1 in the talkshow Všechnopárty (2 June 2009). Her work is regularly featured in Czech Auction Houses "European Arts", "Galerie Kodl", "Prague Auctions" and others. In 2018, Krupičková was chosen as a contestant for the UK Sky Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
