Jaromír E. Brabenec Explained
Jaromír E. Brabenec (4 August 1934 – October 2024) was a Czech graphic designer and sculptor. He was the older brother of poet and musician Vratislav Brabenec.[1]
Life and career
Brabenec was born in, now part of Prague, on 4 August 1934. In 1968 he left Czechoslovakia for Sweden.[2] In 1968–1969 he studied at Konstfack in Stockholm.[3] He was teaching at from 1974 until 1983.[4] He returned to the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution.
His first solo exhibition took place in 1964 in Kolín. Since then he has exhibited in Stockholm (several exhibitions), Malmö (1977), Basel (1978), Göteborg (1979), London (1986) and Nyköping (1993), among other places. His work has been also represented in many group exhibitions.[5]
In 2022, he illustrated Vratislav Brabenec's book Stromečky published by Vršovice2016.
Brabenec died in October 2024, at the age of 90.[6] [7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Památníkem proti lidskému zmaru . 8 December 2018 . Přítomnost . 10 May 2022 . Czech . https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202645/http://www.pritomnost.cz/cz/glosy/3458-pamatnikem-proti-lidskemu-zmaru . 10 December 2018 . dead.
- Web site: Průraz pravdy a lásky v objektech Jaromíra E. Brabence . Marešová . Milena M. . Oujezdský . Karel . 14 August 2014 . Český rozhlas Vltava . 10 May 2022 . Czech.
- Web site: Brabenec Jaromír . Publicart . 10 May 2022 . Czech.
- Web site: Jaromír Brabenec: Tension . Lucerna.cz . 10 May 2022 . Czech.
- Book: Jirousová . Věra . Beránek . Petr . Czech, English . 1995 . Jaromír Brabenec: Obálky / Envelopes; Blahopřání / Congratulations; Causa finalis; projekty z let 1985-1995 . Ostrava and Hradec Králové . Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě and Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové . 26–28 . 80-85091-37-2.
- Web site: Jaromír Brabenec, náš spolupracovník, sochař, grafik, malíř a starší Vráťův bratr nás v úterý napořád opustil. . Vršovice2016 on Facebook . 14 November 2024 . 31 October 2024.
- Web site: Jaromír E. Brabenec . MutualArt . 14 November 2024.
