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Čížek
Čížek (feminine: Čížková) is a Czech surname, meaning 'siskin'. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Cizek (born 1992), American singer * Bohuš Čížek (1913–1989), Czech painter, illustrator and lecturer * Franz Cižek (born František Čížek; 1865–1946), Czech-Austrian painter and teacher * Karel Čížek (1892–1948), Czech rower *Katerina Cizek (born 1969), Canadian filmmaker * Martin Čížek (born 1974), Czech footballer * Roy Cizek (1943–1993), American inventor *Tomáš Čížek (born 1978), Czech footballer * Václav Čížek (born 1989), Czech ice hockey player *Zuzana Čížková (born 1982), Czech sculptor and painter See also * *Czyż Czyż () is a surname of Polish language origin, meaning "siskin". Surnames of similar derivations include Czyżewski and Czyżowicz. The Czech/Slovak equivalent is Číž and the Belarusian form is Chyzh. The surname may refer to: * Bobby Czyz ..., Polish surname {{DEFAULTSORT:Cizek Czech-language su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohuš Čížek
Bohuš Čížek (born Bohumil Čížek, alternatively known as Bohouš Čížek; 11 February 1913 – 19 September 1989) was a Czech painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, illustrator and lecturer. Life Bohuš Čížek was born into a family of farmer Bohumil Čížek and Marie Čížková, née Bláhová as their second son. At the estate farm he spent his childhood, acquiring first life sensations, developing imagination and drawing inspiration (among others through an illustrations by Adolf Kašpar, from a favourite book '' The Grandmother'', in Czech: ''Babička''). In the years 1924–1933 he was attending a real school in Prostějov, where he was already drawing and painting a lot. Some of his schoolworks have been preserved. He applied himself to figurative art, ordinary things that surrounded him, and to landscape painting. He graduated by passing the upper secondary school examination in 1933. After the leaving examination at secondary school, he started to study in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Čížek
Karel Čížek (3 February 1892 – 31 August 1948) was a Czechoslovak rowing coxswain. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i .... References External links * 1892 births 1948 deaths Czech male rowers Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Coxswains (rowing) People from Litoměřice District Rowers from the Ústí nad Labem Region {{Czechoslovakia-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Čížek
Tomáš Cízek (born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played, among others, for Jablonec, Pelikán Děčín, and Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic, and for Rubin Kazan, FC Moscow, and Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (, ) is a Russian association football, football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top Leag ... in Russia. References External links Player page on the official FC Moscow website * * * * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Děčín Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Czech First League players Russian Premier League players FK Jablonec players AC Sparta Prague players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Sibir Novosibirsk players Expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Čížek
Václav Čížek (born July 30, 1989) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HC Košice of the Tipsport Liga. Čižek played with BK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Extraliga between 2008 and 2012. He joined HC '05 Banská Bystrica HC, hc or H/C may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Medicine * Health Canada * Hemicrania continua * Hyperelastosis cutis or hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia Chemistry * Hemocyanin, a metalloprotein abbreviated Hc * ... of the Tipsport Liga on October 31, 2014. (in Slovak) References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katerina Cizek
Katerina Cizek (born 1969) is a Canadian documentary director and a pioneer in digital documentaries. She is the Artistic Director, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). ''Highrise'' From 2008-2015, Cizek directed the National Film Board of Canada's '' Highrise'' series on life in residential skyscrapers, including the 2010 world's first 360 degree web documentary ''Out My Window'', winner of the inaugural IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and an International Digital Emmy for best digital program: non-fiction, and the 2011 webdoc ''One Millionth Tower'', which lets users explore a highrise complex in 3D virtual space, as Toronto residents re-imagine their neighborhood. ''A Short History of the Highrise'' is an interactive documentary that "explores the 2,500-year global history of vertical living and issues of social eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Čížek
Martin Čížek (born 9 June 1974) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 Munich and SpVgg Unterhaching. Honours Baník Ostrava * Gambrinus liga: 2003–04 * Czech Cup The Czech Cup (), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association. The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner ...: 2004–05 External links * * Living people 1974 births Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech First League players FC Baník Ostrava players AC Sparta Prague players TSV 1860 Munich players SpVgg Unterhaching players People from Vítkov Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from the Moravian-Silesian Region Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Cižek
Franz Cižek (12 June 1865 – 17 December 1946) was an Austrian genre and portrait painter, who was a teacher and reformer of art education. He began the Child Art Movement in Vienna, opening the Juvenile Art Class in 1897. Life Franz Cižek was born František Čížek on June 12, 1865 in Litoměřice ( Leitmeritz in German), in northern Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic. He came to Vienna at the age of 19. He died there on December 17, 1946. Career In 1885, Cižek entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He was a student of the German painters Franz Rumpler, Josef Mathias von Trenkwald, and Siegmund L'Allemand. While a student, he lived with a family and the children visited him in his room, where he allowed them to use his art supplies and encouraged them to express themselves. He was impressed by their creativity and showed the work to fellow artists at the university, who encouraged him to start an art school for children. The Juvenile Art Classes were free of char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Čížková
Zuzana Čížková (born 10 December 1982) is a Czechs, Czech sculptor and painter. Biography Although born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Zuzana Čížková was raised in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Brandýs nad Labem. During her childhood, she was inspired by her grandfather who was an art restorer. She studied at High School of Sculptures and Stone-cutting in Hořice. Later she continued her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, department of Fine Arts in the Sculpture Atelier led by Professor Kurt Gebauer. From 2010, she lives and works in Dobřichovice. During and shortly after her high school studies Zuzana Čížková specialized in traditional technologies and materials (stone and gypsum). Later on, she started to experiment with materials she had already employed earlier in her education. She was discovering of new and non-traditional concrete (cement-mortar mixture) which she achieved in cooperation with the Research Institute of ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czyż
Czyż () is a surname of Polish language origin, meaning "siskin". Surnames of similar derivations include Czyżewski and Czyżowicz. The Czech/Slovak equivalent is Číž and the Belarusian form is Chyzh. The surname may refer to: * Bobby Czyz (born 1962), American boxer * Henryk Czyż (1923–2003), Polish musician * Marek Czyż (born 1968), Polish journalist and news presente * Olek Czyż (born 1990), Polish basketball player * Przemysław Czyż (born 1972), Polish diplomat * Szymon Czyż (born 2001), Polish footballer * Tom Czyz, American detective * Vincent Czyz, American avant-garde fiction writer * Wojtek Czyz (born 1980), German Paralympic track and field athlete * Lejzor Czyż, the birth name of Leonard Chess (1917–1969), American record company executive * Fiszel Czyż, the birth name of Phil Chess (1921–2016), American record company executive See also * * Chyzh Chyzh () or Chizh () is an East Slavic surname referring to the Eurasian siskin (''Spinus spinu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Surname
Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname. Given names In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as ("names") or, if the context requires it, ' ("baptismal names"). The singular form is '. A native Czech given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch). It used to be a legal obligation for parents to choose their child's name from a list that was pre-approved by the government. Special permission was necessary for other names with exceptions for minorities and foreigners. Since the Velvet revolution in 1989, parents have had the right to give their child any name they wish, provided it is used somewhere in the world and is not insulting or demeaning. However, in recent yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siskin
The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words ''sisschen'', ''zeischen'', which are diminutive forms of Middle High German (''zîsec'') and Middle Low German (''ziseke'', ''sisek'') words, with cognates in Slavic languages, cf. Czech ''čížek''; these names are of onomatopoeic origin. The name siskin was first recorded in written English in 1544 in William Turner's ''Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia'', referring to the Eurasian siskin ''Spinus spinus''. ''Spinus'' * Andean siskin ''Spinus spinescens'' * Antillean siskin ''Spinus dominicensis'' * Black siskin ''Spinus atratus'' * Black-capped siskin ''Spinus atriceps'' * Black-chinned siskin ''Spinus barbatus'' * Black-headed siskin ''Spinus notatus'' * Eurasian siskin ''Spinus spinus'' * Hooded siskin ''Spinus magellanicus'' * Olivaceous siskin ''Spinus olivaceus'' * Pine siskin ''Spinus pinus'' * Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Cizek
Andrew Scott Cizek (born November 8, 1992), known professionally as Andy Cizek, is an American singer, songwriter, vocal coach and YouTuber from Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently the lead singer of Monuments, Makari, Termina, WVNDER, and Dearest, while also releasing music as a solo artist. Cizek became first known for his metalcore covers on YouTube utilizing his versatile vocals. On August 10, 2024, Cizek was announced as a touring co-vocalist for A Lot Like Birds on their fall 2024 tour. Biography Discography Original music ;As a solo artist * "Select Your Inhibitor" (Single, 2017, Independent) * "Existential" (Single, 2019, Independent) * "The Current" (Single, 2019, Independent) * "Live Somehow" (Single, 2024, Independent) * "Pain Reliever" (Single, 2024, Independent) ;With Monuments * "Animus" (Single, 2020, Century Media Records) * "Deadnest" (Single, 2021, Century Media Records) * '' In Stasis'' (LP, 2022, Century Media Records) * "Nefarious" (Single, 2023, Century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
