Svatopluk Pitra

	Svatopluk Pitra Svatopluk Pitra (9 March 1923 – 15 July 1993) was a Czech graphic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, designer of animated films and painter. He graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. At first he became known as a cartoonist. He began working on animated films in the late 1950s. In collaboration with directors such as Břetislav Pojar, Jiří Brdečka and Stanislav Látal, he designed cartoon and puppet films. In 1963 Pitra emigrated to Canada. He lived in the US from the mid-1960s. Life and work in Czechoslovakia 1923–1963 Svatopluk Pitra was born on 9 March 1923 in the small village of Štěnec (now part of Jenišovice). His childhood was spent in a former mill with his mother's parents. In 1929 he moved to Poděbrady along with his mother and older brother Bohumil, where he started attending elementary school. Even many years later he could still remember his first school assignment: drawing six rows of vertical lines that gradually transfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jenišovice (Chrudim District) Jenišovice is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the 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 .... It has about 400 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Martinice, Mravín, Štěnec and Zalažany are administrative parts of Jenišovice. Notable people * Svatopluk Pitra (1923–1993), graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist References External links * Villages in Chrudim District {{Pardubice-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Adolf Hoffmeister Adolf Hoffmeister (15 August 1902 – 24 July 1973) was a Czechoslovak illustrator, caricaturist, painter, writer, poet, journalist, politician, diplomat and traveler. Life and career Early life He was born in Prague, to the family of a Prague lawyer. He grew up in a cultivated intellectual environment, his uncle was the composer and educator Karel Hoffmeister. In the years 1912–1921, he studied at the Real Gymnasium school in Křemencova Street in Prague, where most of the future members of the avant-garde group Devětsil met. When Devětsil was founded on October 5, 1920, Adolf Hoffmeister became its youngest member and at the same time an executive. After graduating, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague, which he completed in 1925 by obtaining a doctorate. In the summer semester of 1924 he studied Egyptology at the University of Cambridge. From 1917 he started writing poems, which he first published in magazines under various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vladimír Jiránek Vladimír Jiránek (June 6, 1938 – November 6, 2012) was a Czech illustrator, film director and cartoonist. Information Jiránek was born in Hradec Králové. In 1962 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, where he studied journalism, but he worked as a freelance illustrator and illustrator throughout his life. He closely cooperated with magazines (e.g. ''Mladý svět'', ''Vesmír'', ''Technický'' magazín). After the Velvet revolution he joined ''Lidové noviny''. In 1993 he moved to ''Mladá fronta DNES'' and then back to ''Lidové noviny''. His cartoons also appear in ''Reflex'' and several other magazines. He died, aged 74, in Prague. Animated films (selection) ''Pat & Mat ''Pat & Mat'' (Czech and Slovak: ''Pat a Mat'') is a Czechoslovak slapstick stop-motion animated series created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. The characters first appeared in the theatrically released short ''Kuťáci'' (''Tinker ...'' (1976) '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Miroslav Liďák Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic See also * Miroslava (other) * Mirosław (other) Mirosław may refer to: People Mirosław (given name), a Polish given name of Slavic origin Places Gmina Mirosławiec, an urban-rural gmina in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Mirosławice (other), several places ... {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Adolf Born Adolf Born (12 June 1930 – 22 May 2016) was a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, "known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats". Schmadel, L. D., ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names'', Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition, Vol. 2 (Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2012)p. 926 In recognition of his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Born was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. His various international rewards and honors also include the Grand Prix at the International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal and the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Biography Born was born in the town of České Velenice on the Bohemian side of the southern border with Austria, moving to Prague with his family in 1935. He received his visual arts education between 1949 and 1955 at the School of Applied Arts in Prague, in the Department of Caricatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Supraphon Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, oriented mainly towards publishing classical music and popular music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers. History The Supraphon name was first registered as a trademark in 1932. The name was used for the label of domestic albums produced for export by Ultraphon company. Post World War II Ultraphon was nationalized and changed its name to Gramofonové závody. In 1961 the name was changed to Gramofonové závody – Supraphon and later just to Supraphon in 1969. In Czechoslovakia, it was one of the three major state-owned labels, the other two being Panton and Opus. Panton is currently a division of Supraphon; Opus (operating in Slovakia) became independent after break-up of Czechoslovakia and was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2019. Catalogues The artistic direction of the firm gave rise to a broad catalogue of titles which systematically mapped out the works of Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Leoš J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Expo 58 Expo 58, also known as the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (french: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles de 1958, nl, Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling van 1958), was a world's fair held on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium, from 17 April to 19 October 1958. It was the first major world's fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) after World War II. Background Expo 58 was the eleventh world's fair hosted by Belgium, and the fifth in Brussels, following the fairs in 1888, 1897, 1910 and 1935. In 1953, Belgium won the bid for the next world's fair, winning out over other European capitals such as Paris and London. Nearly 15,000 workers spent three years building the site on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau, north-west of central Brussels. Many of the buildings were re-used from the 1935 World's Fair, which had been held on the same site. The theme of Expo 58 was ''"Bilan du monde, pour un monde plus humain"'' (in English: "Eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Miloš Macourek Miloš Macourek (2 December 1926, Kroměříž – 30 September 2002, Prague) was a Czech poet, playwright, author and screenwriter. Biography During his career, Macourek worked in various professions. From 1953 to 1960, he was a teacher of the art history; later he worked as a dramaturgist at the Barrandov Film Studios. He created children's books, TV series and film comedies. Works Books * ''Živočichopis'' * ''Pohádky'' * ''Mravenečník v početnici'' * ''Ostrov pro šest tisíc budíků'' * ''Světe, div se'' * ''Žofka'' * ''Žofka ředitelkou zoo'' * ''Láska a dělová koule : povídky a bajky'' * ''Člověk by nevěřil svým očím'' * ''Jakub a dvě stě dědečků'' * ''Mach a Šebestová'' * ''Žirafa nebo tulipán?'' Film and TV screenplays * '' Kdo chce zabít Jessii?'' * '' Čtyři vraždy stačí, drahoušku'' * ''I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen'' (''Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové'') 1969 * '' Pane, vy jste vdova!'' * ''Straw Hat'' (''Slaměný klobouk'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]