Olbram Zoubek | |
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![]() Zoubek in 2012 | |
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Died | 15 June 2017 Prague, Czech Republic | (aged 91)
Occupation | Sculptor |
Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a contemporary Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery.[1]
Zoubek was particularly well known for having taken a death mask of Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burned himself to death in protest over the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.[2] One of his most famous works is his "Memorial to the Victims of Communism" in Prague (done in collaboration with the architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel).[3]
Gallery
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Some of Zoubek's sculptures
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2002 Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Prague is the work of Olbram Zoubek and architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel
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Bust of Franz Kafka
Prague
References
- ^ Smetana's Litomysl Opera Festival, Litomysl Castle, Litomysl Travel Services, Litomysl Czech Republic
- ^ "Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek dies at age 91". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "Memorial for the Victims of Communism, AHK architekti, Olbram Zoubek". Mimoa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2017-06-16.