Jan Kotík (4 January 1916 in

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– 23 March 2002 in

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) was a

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artist active from the 1940s. Kotik was a member of Skupina 42 during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Following the war his art was influenced by

Chinese calligraphy Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high est ...

. In 1956 he attended the Congress of Alba and signed up to the ''Final Resolution of the Alba Congress''. His son is the musician

Petr Kotík Petr Kotik (surname originally Kotík) (born January 27, 1942, in Prague) is a composer, conductor and flutist living in New York City. He was educated in Europe (Prague Conservatory, graduated 1961; Vienna Music Academy, graduated 1966; AMU Prag ...

and his grandson was

Jan Jakub Kotík Jan Jakub Kotík (October 22, 1972 – December 13, 2007) was a Czech artist and rock drummer. Life ''Jan Jakub'' was the son of composer Petr Kotík and curator of contemporary art ''Charlotta Kotík,'' who emigrated to the United States in ...

References

External links

Artist profile and collection of works at Mutual Art

Kotik profile at Jiri Svestka gallery
1916 births 2002 deaths Czech artists Group 42 People from Turnov Czechoslovak artists {{CzechRepublic-artist-stub