Venice Biennale pavillion-Czechoslovakia

The Czech and Slovak pavilion houses the national representation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Background

Organization and building

Architect Otakar Novotny designed the pavilion for Czechoslovakia in 1926 with strong influence from

Cubism Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassemble ...

and European functionalism.

Representation by year

Art

* 1926 — Charlotte Schrötter-Radnitz * 1942 — Janko Alexy,

Miloš Alexander Bazovský Miloš Alexander Bazovský (1899 in Turany nad Váhom – 1968 in Trenčín) was an eminent Slovak painter, often ranked among the most prominent figures of 20th-century art from Slovakia. Selected solo exhibitions *''Miloš Alexander Bazov ...

Martin Benka Martin Benka (21 September 1888, in Kostolište – 28 June 1971, in Malacky) was a Slovak painter and illustrator. He is regarded as the founder of Modernist 20th century Slovak painting. He was given the title ''National Artist.'' He is bu ...

Ľudovít Fulla Ľudovít Fulla (27 February 1902, Ružomberok – 21 April 1980, Bratislava) was a Slovak painter, graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer and art teacher. He is considered one of the most important figures of Slovak creative art in the ...

, Jan Hála, Jozef Kollar, Frantisek Kudlac, Eugen Lehotský, Gustáv Mallý, Peter Matejka, Lea Mrazova, Jan Mudroch, Karol Ondreička, Štefan Polkoráb, Teodor Tekel, Jaroslav Votruba, Júlia Kováciková-Horová, Vojtech Ihrisky, Jan Koniarek, Jozef Kostka, Ladislav Majerský, Fraňo Stefunko, Koloman Sokol * 1956 —

Josef Lada Josef Lada (born 17 December 1887 in Hrusice, Bohemia – 14 December 1957 in Prague, buried at Olšany Cemetery) was a Czech painter, illustrator and writer. He is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War I novel ''The Go ...

, Adolf Zábranský, Jiří Trnka, Antonín Pelc,

Cyril Bouda Cyril Bouda, christened Cyrill Mikoláš Bouda (14 November 1901 – 29 August 1984), was a Czech painter, graphic artist, illustrator and professor at Charles University in Prague. Life Born in Kladno, Bouda lived most of his life in Prague. B ...

, Václav Karel,

Kamil Lhoták Kamil Lhoták (25 July 1912 Prague – 22 October 1990, Prague) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. He was one of the members of Group 42. Biography Kamil Lhoták was born on 25 July 1912 in Prague-Holešovice. His mother, A ...

, Antonín Strnadel, Vincenc Vingler, a.o. * 1964 —

Vladimír Kompánek Vladimír Kompánek (28 October 1927 in Rajec Rajec ( hu, Rajec; german: Rajetz) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia. Etymology Rajec, Rajčianka, Rajčanka are derived from Proto-Slavic appelative ''*rajь ...

* 1966 — Jozef Kornúcik, Vladimír Kompánek * 1970 — Jozef Jankovič * 1986 — Ivan Ouhel * 1993 —

František Skála František Skála (born 1956 in Prague) is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer. He was part of one of the earliest post-modern Czech art groups, known as ''Tvrdohlaví'' (The Stubborn Ones) formed in 198 ...

, Daniel Fischer * 1995 — Jozef Jankovič * 1999 — (Curators: Petra Hanáková and Alexandra Kusá) * 2001 — Jiří Surůvka, Ilona Németh (Curator: Katarína Rusnáková) * 2005 — Stanislav Filko, Jan Mančuška, Boris Ondreička (Curator: Marek Pokorný) * 2007 — Irena Jůzová (Curator: Tomáš Vlček) * 2009 —

Roman Ondak Roman Ondak (born August 5, 1966) is a Slovak conceptual artist. Life and career Roman Ondak was born in Žilina. He studied at Academy of Fine Arts and Design ( Slovak: ''Vysoká škola výtvarných umení'', abbr. VŠVU) in Bratislava from 1 ...

(Curator: Kathrin Rhomberg) * 2011 — Dominik Lang (Curator: Yvona Ferencová) * 2013 — Petra Feriancová, Zbyněk Baladrán (Curator: Marek Pokorný) * 2015 — Jiří David (Curator: Katarína Rusnáková) * 2017 — Jana Želibská * 2019 —

Stanislav Kolíbal Stanislav Kolíbal (born 11 December 1925) is a Czech artist and sculptor. Work His work is counted among the fundamentals of modern Czech art. Since the 1950s, Stanislav Kolíbal has been one of the most notable personalities on the Czech art s ...

(Curator: Dieter Bogner)Alex Greenberger (December 13, 2018)
Stanislav Kolíbal Will Represent the Czech Republic at the 2019 Venice Biennale
'' ARTnews''.

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Background

Organization and building

Representation by year

Art

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