Jan Kubíček
Jan Kubíček | |
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Jan Kubíček in Prague (1970) | |
| Born | 30 December 1927 |
| Died | 14 October 2013 (aged 85) Kolín, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Czechoslovakian, Czech |
| Education | School of Applied Arts in Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking, photography |
| Movement | Constructivism, Lettrism, Concrete art |
| Awards | Vladimír Boudník Award |
| Website | art-jankubicek.cz |
Jan Kubíček (30 December 1927 – 14 October 2013) was a Czech painter and printmaker, and one of the most radical Central European exponents of constructivist and concrete art. He also spent more than a decade illustrating children's books for Czechoslovakia's main publishing house Albatros and designed iconic film posters and book covers throughout the 1960s. Moreover, having passed through a significant Lettrism phase during the early 1960s, he left behind an impressive body of photographs, illustrations and graphic art for which he received the 1999 Vladimír Boudník Award.