Ludmila Vachtová (24 September 1933 – 23 July 2020) was a Czech
art historian
Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history.
Traditionally, the ...
,
art critic
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, curator and translator. In the 1960s, she curated the Gallery on Charles Square and the Platýz Gallery. She lived in
Switzerland
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since 1972.
She also published books on the history of art and the lives of specific artists, including ''Frank Kupka, Pioneer of Abstract Art'' in 1968.
Vachtová died in
Zürich
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on July 23, 2020 at the age of 86.
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1933 births
2020 deaths
Czech art historians
Czech art critics
Czech curators
Czech translators
Czech women curators
Czech women historians
European art curators
Women art critics
Czechoslovak emigrants to Switzerland
People from Beroun
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