Ludmila Vachtová (24 September 1933 – 23 July 2020) was a Czech
art historian
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,
art critic
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, curator and translator. In the 1960s, she curated the Gallery on Charles Square and the Platýz Gallery. She lived in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
since 1972.
She also published books on the history of art and the lives of specific artists, including ''Frank Kupka, Pioneer of Abstract Art'' in 1968.
Vachtová died in
Zürich
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on July 23, 2020 at the age of 86.
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1933 births
2020 deaths
Czech art historians
Czech art critics
Czech curators
Czech translators
Czech women curators
Czech women historians
European art curators
Women art critics
Czechoslovak emigrants to Switzerland
People from Beroun
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