Eva Bednářová Explained

Eva Bednářová (8 May 1937 – 6 December 1986) was a Czech printmaker and illustrator.

Born in Prague,^[1] Bednářová was a graduate of the University of Applied Arts in that city. Throughout her career she produced illustrations for more than 40 books over three decades.^[2] Her illustrations for Chinese Fairy Tales by Dana and Milada Šťovíčková won the Grand Prix at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1969.^[1] Two of her prints are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art;^{[3] [4]} she is also represented in the collection of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.^[2]

Select Bibliography

• Hermína Frankova, Blázni a Pythagoras. Dívčí román. (Ilustrovala Eva Bednářová.). Praha, 1966.
• Olga Scheinpflugová, Pohádky. (ilustrovala Eva Bednářová). Praha : Mladá fronta, 1971
• Dana and Milada Št́ovíčková (retold by) and translated into English by Alice Denešová, Chinese Fairy Tales. (illustrated by Eva Bednářová). Feltham : Hamlyn, 1969.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Knižnica - Bibiana, verzia 0.1. lib.bibiana.sk. May 21, 2019.
2. Web site: | University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art . Stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu . 2019-05-21 . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429201944/https://stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu/exhibitions/art-of-the-day/5-8-2017/ . dead .
3. Web site: Bez názvu (Untitled). www.nga.gov. May 21, 2019.
4. Web site: Favor. www.nga.gov. May 21, 2019.