Jiří Kotalík (22 July 1920 – 26 January 1996) was a Czech art historian and director of the
National Gallery in Prague
The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Cze ...
between 1967 and 1990. He was one of the members of
Group 42
Group 42 ( cs, Skupina 42) was a Czech artistic group officially established in 1942 (although its roots date to 1938–1939, forming in 1940). The group's activity ceased in 1948, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still ...
. Kotalík remained at the National Gallery until his retirement in 1990.
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1920 births
1996 deaths
Writers from Prague
Charles University alumni
Group 42
Czechoslovak historians
Herder Prize recipients
Czechoslovak writers
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