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Jiří Valenta (artist)
Jiří Valenta (6 August 1936 – 11 July 1991) was a Czech painter, printmaker and photographer. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia he emigrated to Germany. From 1972 until his death he lived in Cologne. Life From 1951 to 1953, he attended the Higher School of Arts and Crafts in Prague. In his second year he received an exemption as an exceptional talent and at the age of seventeen was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague without graduation. From 1953 to 1959, he studied with Miloslav Holý and Karel Souček. His classmates included František Mertl, Milan Ressel and Bedřich Dlouhý. During his studies, he became close to his progressively oriented classmates, who, through two unofficial studio exhibitions called ''Confrontation'', brought the European Informel to the Czech environment in 1960 in a specific form. The group put together by Jan Koblasa included Aleš Veselý, Zbyšek Sion, Zdeněk Beran, Antonín Málek and An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
