Ladislav Zívr (23 May 1909 – 4 September 1980) was a
Czech
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sculptor.
Zívr was born in
Nová Paka
Nová Paka (, german: Neupaka) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Heřmanice, Kumburský Újezd, Podlevín, Přibyslav, Pustá Prose ...
and died in Ždírec (a hamlet in
Levínská Olešnice
Levínská Olešnice is a municipality and village in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Žďár is an administrative part of Levínská Olešnice.
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),
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
(now the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
).
Because of family tradition he attended pottery school, and clay remained his preferred material, although he used other techniques as well, such as mixed media or a combination of gypsum with natural materials. His works were inspired mostly by
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
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...
.
He later attended the
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (AAAD, cs, Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze, abbreviated VŠUP, also known as UMPRUM) is a public university located in Prague, Czech Republic. The university offers the study ...
in Prague, where he met with the era's avant-garde artists. He was a member of the
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 ...
art group, where he was the only sculptor.
External links
Short summary by Czech museum of artsInformation about the author from Host publishing houseHis autobiography called ''Konfese''
1909 births
1980 deaths
People from Nová Paka
Czech sculptors
Czech male sculptors
Group 42
20th-century sculptors
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni
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