Karel Svolinský

Karel Svolinský (January 14th, 1896, Svatý Kopeček close to Olomouc + September 16th, 1986, Prague) is a Czech painter , illustrator and Scénographe.

Between 1910 and 1916, he learns the woodcarving then is pupil with the École of the applied arts of Prague with František Kysela for professor.

From the middle of the Twenties, it exposes in the country and abroad. He is member of the artistic Cercle Mánes and the group Hollar.

In 1928 and 1937, it takes part in the International exhibition of arts and techniques of Paris, where it is rewarded by a gold medal and a Grand Prix.

In 1954 and 1956, it represents the Czechoslovakia with the Biennale de Venise and at the time of the Expo '58 of Brussels. Will follow many other individual exposures and of international reviews, above all in the field of graphics for books and the illustrations. Between 1945 and 1970, he is professor with the École of the applied arts of Prague.

Theater

It put in scene plays, whose most known is Been engaged sold the of Bedřich Smetana or Jenufa of Leoš Janáček.

Public orders

Between 1949 and 1954 it is devoted to decoration in mosaic of the clock of the Beffroi of Olomouc (it is originating in the area and the belfry was damaged during the Second world war). It has recourse has an almost naive style, very - too! - near to the socialist Realism, to illustrate the life of the inhabitants of the city and the surrounding campaigns by drawing from the folk topics Moravian. He is severely judged in Czechoslovakia for this artistic “compromising” with the Communist regime.

He S `is also seized monumental tasks, for example the design of the stained glasses of the vault of the Maison of Schwarzenberg in the Cathédrale Saint-Guy of Prague whose building site is completed then.

External bonds

Biography
Article on radio operator Prague at the time of the retrospective with the national Gallery in Prague
{{Cs}} Works and illustrations Artgrafika

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