Eva Bednářová (8 May 1937 – 6 December 1986) was a

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printmaker and illustrator. Born in

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, Bednářová was a graduate of the University of Applied Arts in that city. Throughout her career she produced illustrations for more than 40 books over three decades. Her illustrations for ''Chinese Fairy Tales'' by Dana and Milada Šťovíčková won the Grand Prix at the

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in 1969. Two of her prints are in the collection of the

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; she is also represented in the collection of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.

Select bibliography

* Hermína Frankova, ''Blázni a Pythagoras. Dívčí román''. (Ilustrovala Eva Bednářová.). Praha, 1966. * Olga Scheinpflugová, ''Pohádky.'' (ilustrovala Eva Bednářová). Praha : Mladá fronta, 1971 * Dana and Milada Št́ovíčková (retold by) and translated into English by Alice Denešová , ''Chinese Fairy Tales''. (illustrated by Eva Bednářová). Feltham: Hamlyn, 1969.

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1937 births 1986 deaths Czechoslovak printmakers Czech women printmakers Czechoslovak illustrators Czech women illustrators Artists from Prague 20th-century Czech printmakers 20th-century Czech women artists 20th-century Czech artists Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni {{CzechRepublic-artist-stub