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Zbyšek Sion
Zbyšek Sion (born 12 April 1938, Polička) is a Czechs, Czech painter and printmaker, a Organizational founder, co-founder of Czech Abstraction (art), structural abstraction art. His later works were mostly imaginative and illusionistic paintings, often on general warning theme or bearing a strong political symbolism. Life Zbyšek Sion had a dramatic childhood, personally witnessing the horrors of World War II. In 1944 his father, who had been arrested by the Gestapo at the start of the war, died in a German prison. During the war Sion saw a drawing of an idyllic landscape by a local painter, Josef Václav Síla, that had been splattered with a Wehrmacht, German soldier’s brains in an exchange of fire with Partisan (military), partisans, and this proved to be another formative experience. When Sion was growing up, his cousin Otokar Aleš Kukla, an art historian and director of Polička Museum, would lend him books on art. In 1953 Sion began studying at the School of Applie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polička
Polička (; german: Politschka) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Polička is made up of town parts of Polička-Město, Dolní Předměstí and Horní Předměstí, and villages of Lezník, Modřec and Střítež. Etymology Polička was founded in the area of meadows and forests called ''Napolickach'', which most likety meant "on the plains", and the town's name was derived from this local name. Geography Polička is located about west of Svitavy and southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. It is situated on the borderline of historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The Bílý brook flows through the town and supplies Synský pond in the centre of the town. History Until 1200, the area was under the administration of the Praemonstratensian monastery in Litomyšl. Polička wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
