Olbram Zoubek Explained

Birth Date:21 April 1926
Birth Place:Prague, Czech Republic
Death Place:Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation:Sculptor

Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a contemporary Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery.[1]

Zoubek was particularly well known for having taken a death mask of Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burned himself to death in protest over the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.[2] One of his most famous works is his "Memorial to the Victims of Communism" in Prague (done in collaboration with the architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel).[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.smetanaoperafestival.com/rentals_cu.php Smetana's Litomysl Opera Festival, Litomysl Castle, Litomysl Travel Services, Litomysl Czech Republic
  2. News: Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek dies at age 91 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170615225002/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/czech-sculptor-olbram-zoubek-dies-at-age-91/2017/06/15/56b8cf82-5209-11e7-b74e-0d2785d3083d_story.html . dead . 2017-06-15 . The Washington Post . 2017-06-16.
  3. Web site: Memorial for the Victims of Communism, AHK architekti, Olbram Zoubek . Mimoa.eu . 2017-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150522215723/http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Czech%20Republic/Prague/Memorial%20for%20the%20Victims%20of%20Communism . 2015-05-22 . dead .

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