Adriena Šimotová
Adriena Šimotová | |
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| Born | 6 August 1928 |
| Died | 19 May 2014(aged 85) |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | Paintings |
Adriena Šimotová(1926–2014) was a prominent Czech artist. Known for her work with paper and fabric, she held numerous exhibitions in theCzech Republicand abroad during her lifetime including a retrospective organized by theNational Galleryin Prague in 2001.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Šimotová graduated from theAcademy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.Her early work of the 1960s was exhibited at venues including theVáclav Špála Galleryand theSao Paulo biennial.She was a founding member of the Czech art group UB 12, along withVáclav Boštík,Stanislav Kolíbal,and others.[3]After her husband's death in 1972, she shifted her artistic focus away from painting and began to use fabrics and sculptural installations.[4]Due to the Czech Republic'spolitical circumstances in the 1970s and 1980s,much of Šimotová's work at the time was shown on an unofficial basis or subject to censorship.[5]
Šimotová received the French honor theOrdre des Arts et des Lettresin 1991 and the CzechMedal of Meritin 1997.[1]In 2000, she received theHerder Prize.[citation needed]Today, several of her works are held in the permanent collection of theCentre Georges Pompidou.[1]She received an honorary doctorate from theAcademy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Praguein 2007.[6]
Šimotová died in 2014 at the age of 87.
Collections[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abcdefVelinger, Jan (20 May 2014)."RENOWNED CZECH ARTIST ADRIENA ŠIMOTOVÁ DIES AT 87".Czech Radio.Retrieved14 December2018.
- ^Crane, Jeff (October 2001)."ADRIENA ŠIMOTOVÁ".Artforum International.40(2): 167.Retrieved14 December2018.
- ^"Adriena Šimotová".Artlist - Center for Contemporary Arts Prague.Retrieved16 December2018.
- ^ab"Adriena Šimotová".Prague Art & Design.Retrieved14 December2018.
- ^Svasek, M. "The Politics of Artistic Identity. The Czech Art World in the 1950s and 1960s". In Péteri, G. (ed.).Intellectual Life and the First Crisis of State Socialism in East Central Europe, 1953-1956(PDF).pp. 133–153.
- ^"Honorary Doctorates were awarded to Adriena Šimotová and Jan Kaplický at the Prague Crossroads".Vize 97(in Czech). 8 November 2007.Retrieved26 March2019.
External links[edit]
- Profile at Galerie U Betlémské
- Images from the seriesA Touch of Colour – The Assumption
- Short documentary featuring Šimotová- in Czech
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
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- 20th-century Czech painters
- Czech women painters
- Czech graphic designers
- 21st-century Czech painters
- 20th-century Czech printmakers
- 20th-century printmakers
- 21st-century printmakers
- Czech women graphic designers
- 1926 births
- 2014 deaths
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni
- 20th-century women painters
- 21st-century women painters