Radek Pilař ( 23 April 1931

Písek Písek (; german: Pisek) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Písek is colloquially called "''South ...

- 7 February 1993) was a Czech artist active in illustrations, animation, graphics, painting, filmmaking, and film directing . He graduated from the

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague ( cs, Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze; AVU) is an art college in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest art college in the country. The school offers twelve master's degree programs and on ...

with Professor . He is best known as the author of the images of popular fictional character of the gallant robber Rumcajs.Radek Pilař
at the isabart database He is recognized as the founder of Czech

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.Radek Pilař - Výtvarník postavičky Večerníčka
/ref> Pilař had more than 40 solo exhibitions, illustrated 50 books for children published worldwide, created around 40 short films and bedtime stories for the children's TV show ''

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''.

Awards and recognition

He received a number of awards, including: * Hans Christian Andersen Award *Silver Dancer Award for Best Animated Film at the Huesca Short Film Festival, Spain In 1990 he was elected Honorary Citizen of

Jičín Jičín (; german: Jitschin or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Th ...

, the city associated wth Rumcajs.

References

1931 births 1993 deaths Czech artists Czech illustrators Czech cartoonists Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery People from Písek {{czech-bio-stub