The Recycled Bottle Sculptures of Veronika Richterová

There are so many talented people in the Czech Republic, it would take several lifetimes of posting each and every day to introduce you to them all, but today we’re looking at the creative work of Veronika Richterová. She has turned recycling bottles into an art form all her own. The wonderful recycled bottle sculptures of Czech...

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August 30, 2017

The Striking Collages of Jiří Kolář

Jiří Kolář was a Czech painter, poet, and writer from Protivín, Czech Republic. He became a full-time writer while living in the city of Kladno in 1943. In 1945 he moved to the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague. In Prague he worked the publishing house Družstvo Dílo as an editor. When the communists came...

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August 22, 2017

Little Sketches of Prague Photographed on Location by Ieva Ozola

Ieva Ozola is an artist from Latvia who lived in Prague for three years. She is a very talented illustrator and designer who specializes in watercolor and ink illustrations. She began a project in July of 2015, where she sketched one place each day for 365 days. Her little sketches of Prague photographed on location give us...

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August 10, 2017

David Černýs St. Wenceslas in The Lucerna Passage

If you have ever visited Prague, you have surly been to – or at least heard about – Wenceslas Square, one of the main city squares in Prague. At one end of the square stands Prague’s National Museum and a monument dedicated King (and later, Saint) Wenceslas, who was so famous that Czechs named a day...

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August 5, 2017

The Ethereal Dresses of Czech Designer Blanka Matragi

Academic painter Blanka Matragi was born on 20th of February 1953 in Svetla nad Sazavou into family of a glass cutters. It was no surprise she had followed her father’s story and first studied at a Secondary School of Glass Cutting in her hometown for three years and then continued her studies at the Secondary...

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August 4, 2017

The Alphonse Mucha Museum in Prague

Muchas artwork can be found in many places in Prague including the Municipal House, the National art gallery, and even his design of a stained-glass window in the St. Vitus’ Cathedral in Prague. But their is no better place to go to see Muchas famous art then the Mucha museum in the center of Prague....

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July 21, 2017

Czech Modernist & Industrialist Designer Jindřich Halabala

Czech industrial designer, writer, and educator Jindřich Halabala was a significant proponent of modernist, industrially manufactured furniture in Czechoslovakia and had a tremendous influence on the interior design of many interwar and postwar Czech homes. Halabala helped create a new mass-market approach to home design and furnishing in Czechoslovakia in the interwar period and after...

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July 4, 2017

Czech Out this Artist: Michal Trpák

Michal Trpák is a sculpture/painter born in České Budějovice in 1982. His eye catching art can be found all over public areas in Prague, and whether it be in a office space, a restaurant, or on the street, its contemporary style remains. Though all of his art is unique and beautiful in its own way, his...

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June 13, 2017

The Baroque Paintings of Petr Brandl

Petr Johannes Brandl (1668-1735) was one of the greatest Baroque painters in Bohemia during his time. Though he painted many beautiful biblical scenes, today we will be taking a look at some of his portraits, because whether they were of noblemen, peasants, or saints – the lifelike expressions he captured were beautiful. You don’t have...

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May 4, 2017

The Rotating Sculpture of Franz Kafka’s Head in a Prague Shopping Center

In a busy shopping center in Prague an eleven-meter-tall sculpture by Czech sculptor David Černý is catching the eyes of shoppers and pedestrians alike. The monumental sculpture, which is known as either Head of Franz Kafka or Statue of Kafka, is comprised of 42 plates of stainless steel which turn and rotate, continually transforming the...

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April 12, 2017

Around the World in Eighty Days with Adolf Hoffmeister

Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973) was a poet, novelist, translator and editor. He edited one of the main Czech daily newspapers, Lidové noviny (1928-30) and the main literary paper, Literární noviny (1930-32). He was also a talented artist and caricaturist, often illustrating his own work. Hoffmeister set up an anti-fascist magazine, Simplicus, in the 1930s after the...

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March 27, 2017

Charles IV in The Knights of The Cross Square

On the eastern end of the Charles Bridge, located next to the Church of St. Francis and across the street from the St. Salvator Church in the middle of the Knights of the Cross Square (Křižovnické Náměstí) is the famous Statue of Charles IV. Surrounded by a small fence, the solid bronze monument stands a breathtaking...

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March 25, 2017

Czech Artist Josef Koci

Josef Kočí (Koci) was born on July 16, 1880 in Brno and died in 1961. He was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist and illustrator. His ancestral roots can be traced to Milivice na Volyňsku, today known as Milejovice. The little village is located in the district of Strakonice, in the Southern Bohemian Region. As of 2006,...

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March 16, 2017

Street Artist is a 91 Year Old Czech Granny

A Czech granny who is 91 years old is taking to the streets and creating unique works of art on the houses of her friends and the local church. Street art is, by definition, visual art created in public locations. It is usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The...

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January 9, 2017

Dvorak Sec Contemporary Gallery

This gallery is named after its founders and directors, curator Olga Dvorak, and art collector Petr Sec. With their history it’s no wonder these two decided to join forces and open an art gallery! Dvorak Sec Contemporary Gallery (DSC) is just what the name states, a contemporary art gallery. The gallery opened it’s doors to the public...

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November 18, 2016

Antonín Langweil and His Model of Prague

Antonín Langweil (June 13, 1791 – June 11, 1837) was a Bohemian painter, librarian, lithographer, and model maker. He created what’s famously known as the model of the city of Prague. Langweil’s model of Prague represents the city from the years 1826-1837. It is a unique testimony to the form of the Old Town, Lesser...

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