43 Notable alumni of
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
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The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague is 1186th in the world, 425th in Europe, and 9th in the Czech Republic by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 43 notable alumni from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Josef Čapek
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- scenographerpainterart critictranslatorart theorist
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Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word "robot", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.
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David Černý
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- television actortelevision directorproduction designerconceptual artistsculptor
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David Černý is a Czech artist. His works can be seen in different locations around Prague as well as in his own, Prague-based museum, called Musoleum.
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Toyen
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1919-1922
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- paintermanufacturerdrafterillustratorphotographer
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Toyen was a Czech painter, drafter, and illustrator and a member of the surrealist movement.
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Jiří Trnka
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- writergraphic artistfilm screenwriterexlibristpuppet designer
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Jiří Trnka was a Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director.
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Ester Geislerová
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- modeltelevision actorfilm actoractorvisual artist
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Ester Geislerová is a Czech actress and former model.
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Adolf Born
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1950-1953
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- film directorgraphic artistpostage stamp designerscreenwritercaricaturist
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Adolf Born was a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, "known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats". In recognition of his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Born was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. His various international rewards and honors also include the Grand Prix at the International Salon of Cartoons in Montreal and the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.
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Jan Zrzavý
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1907-1909
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- university teacherillustratorteachergraphic artistpedagogue
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Jan Zrzavý was a Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator.
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Ondřej Sekora
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- juristpainterprose writerrugby union playerediting staff
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Ondřej Sekora was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia.
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Peter Sís
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- film directorgraphic artistanimatorwriterpainter
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Peter Sís is a Czech-born American illustrator and writer of children's books. As a cartoonist his editorial illustrations have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, and The Atlantic Monthly. In 2012 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his "lasting contribution" as an illustrator of children's literature.
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Josef Svoboda
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1951
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- photographerpedagogueteacherscenographerarchitect
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Josef Svoboda was a Czech artist and scenic designer. He was a production designer and director, known for his work on Amadeus (1984), Laterna Magika: Puzzles (1996), and Laterna Magika: Trap (1999).
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Josef Šíma
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1909-1910
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- painterillustratortranslatorgraphic artistvisual artist
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Josef Šíma was a Czech modernist painter.
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Jaroslav Róna
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- playwrightactoruniversity teacherscenographerpainter
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Jaroslav Róna is a Czech-Jewish sculptor, painter, actor, educator, and writer.
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Ľudovít Fulla
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1922-1927
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- painterexlibristscenographerteacherillustrator
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Ľudovít Fulla was a Slovak painter, graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer and art teacher. He is considered one of the most important figures of Slovak creative art in the 20th century.
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Václav Špála
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1903-1903
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- paintergraphic artistteacherillustrator
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Václav Špála was a Czech painter, graphic designer and illustrator.
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František Skála
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- dancerillustratorgraphic artistmusiciancarver
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František Skála is a Czech sculptor, painter, children's book illustrator, musician, and dancer. He was part of one of the earliest post-modern Czech art groups, known as Tvrdohlaví (The Stubborn Ones) formed in 1987.
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Bohumil Kafka
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- medalistteacherart educatorsculptorpedagogue
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Bohumil Kafka was a Czech sculptor and pedagogue.
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Jan Preisler
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1887
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- painterpedagoguedesignerteacherillustrator
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Jan Preisler was a Czech painter and art professor.
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Vojtěch Preissig
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1892-1897
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- exlibristtypographerCzechoslovak legionaryopinion journalistpainter
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Vojtěch Preissig was a Czech typographer, printmaker, designer, illustrator, painter and teacher. He studied in Prague at the School of Applied Industrial Art (in Friedrich Ohmann's Decorative Architecture workshop) from 1892 to 1896 and at the School of Decorative Architecture from 1897 to 1898.
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Oldřich Kulhánek
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- graphic artistvisual artistpainterillustratorpostage stamp designer
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Oldřich Kulhánek was a Czech painter, graphic designer, illustrator, stage designer and pedagogue. Kulhánek created the design for the current Czech banknotes and postage stamps.
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Mikuláš Galanda
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1923-1927
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- exlibristpainterillustratordraftspersongraphic artist
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Mikuláš Galanda was a painter and illustrator who was one of the most important pioneers and propagators of Slovak modern art. He is buried in the National Cemetery in Martin.
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Antonín Procházka
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1902-1904
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- exlibristgraphic artistpedagoguepaintercollagist
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Antonín Procházka was a Czech Modernist painter and graphic artist.
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Stanislav Sucharda
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- sculptorteachermedalist
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Stanislav Sucharda was a Czech sculptor. He was a professor at the Prague School of Applied Arts from 1899, and a leading figure in the Mánes Union of Fine Arts (S.U.V. Mánes), founded in 1887.
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Michaela Pavlátová
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1987
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- graphic artistfilm directoranimatoractorillustrator
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Michaela Pavlátová is a Czech animator, film director and teacher. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Words, Words, Words (1991) and won the Short Film Golden Bear for Repete (1995). As a feminist experimental animator Michaela's work explores themes of sex, gender, philosophy and relationality. Beyond her independent work she worked as the art director for Wildbrain Inc. She currently teaches animation at the Academy of Performing Arts, film and TV School in Prague. Michaela has also taught at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, the Academy of Art College, Computer Arts Institute in San Francisco and at Harvard University in Prague.
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Stanislav Kolíbal
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- painterdraftspersonscenographersculptorillustrator
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Stanislav Kolíbal is a Czech artist and sculptor.
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René Roubíček
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- pedagoguesculptorglass artistuniversity teacherdesigner
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René Roubíček was a Czech glass artist, designer, painter, musician and teacher. He was one of the leading figures of 20th century world art glass. As a teacher at the Vocational Glass School in Kamenický Šenov, an artist at the Vocational Glass School in Železný Brod and the head artist of the Borské sklo company, he was at the birth of Czech studio glass.
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Jakub Obrovský
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Studied in 1897-1901
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- painterpedagoguewriteruniversity teachersculptor
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Jakub Obrovský was a Czechoslovak artist, sculptor and writer.
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Juan Mora Catlett
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- screenwriterdirectorfilm director
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Juan Mora Catlett is a Mexican film and documentary director. He is known for making films focused on artists and the pre-Hispanic peoples of Mexico.
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Vojtěch Sucharda
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- teacherpuppet designersculptorcarverrestorer
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Vojtěch Sucharda was a Czech sculptor, woodcarver and puppeteer.
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Oldřich Blažíček
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- painterdraftspersonpuppet designertypographerteacher
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Oldřich Blažíček was a Czech painter, representative of modern landscape paintings.
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Josef Mařatka
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- pedagoguesculptorteacher
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Josef Mařatka was a Czech sculptor. His work was influenced by Antoine Bourdelle.
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Oksana Liaturynska
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- painterwritersculptorpublic figurepoet
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Oksana Zinaida Mykhailivna Liaturynska was an artist, sculptor, writer, poet and public figure. Liaturynska signed her works either by her own name or by pen names: Oksana Pechenih, Roksana Vyshnevetska and Yeronim.
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Jaroslav Špillar
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- visual artistpainter
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Jaroslav Špillar was a Czech artist who specialized in painting the Chodové ("Rangers").
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Renáta Fučíková
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- visual artistchildren's writerillustratorwriter
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Renáta Fučíková is a Czech book illustrator, artist and writer. She is best known for her works for children and youth about Czech and European history.
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Věra Janoušková
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- paintergraphic designercollagistsculptorgraphic artist
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Věra Janoušková, née Havlová was a Czech sculptor, collagist, painter and graphic artist. She was the wife of sculptor Vladimír Janoušek. In the 1960s, her sculptures made of enamel were among the highlights of Czech modern art and she is deservedly listed in Hazan's Nouveau dictionnaire de la sculpture moderne (Paris, 1970). After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops in August 1968, both Věra and Vladimír Janoušek lost the opportunity to exhibit and worked in seclusion. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia, Věra Janoušková had a retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery in Prague. In 2004, she founded the Věra and Vladimír Janoušek Foundation and bequeathed the entire estate of the couple to Museum Kampa – Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation.
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Eva Koťátková
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- multimedia artistconceptual artistdraftspersoninstallation artistvisual artist
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Eva Koťátková is a Czech installation artist and film maker.
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Eva Fuka
- Enrolled in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- In 1945 studied photography
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- visual artistcollagistphotographer
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Eva Fuka-Engle was a Czech American photographer.
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Zbyněk Sekal
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- paintertranslatorartistsculptortypographer
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Zbyněk Sekal was a Czech sculptor, painter and translator. During World War II he was imprisoned for three years in the Mauthausen concentration camp. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, he emigrated to Austria. Already in the mid-1960s, he was considered one of the most important and distinctive Czech sculptors.
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Jano Köhler
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- exlibristfresco painterpainterillustratorgraphic artist
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Jano Köhler was a Czech painter. He is known for decorating sacral buildings with frescoes and sgraffiti.
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Zuzana Čížková
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- paintergraphic designersculptor
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Zuzana Čížková is a Czech sculptor and painter.
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Josef Drahoňovský
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- pedagogueglass artistsculptorengraverteacher
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Josef Drahoňovský was a Czech sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics, where he represented Czechoslovakia.
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Otakar Sedloň
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- teacherpainter
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Otakar Sedloň was a Czech realistic painter living in Prague.
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Jan Fišer
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- university teacherdesignerarchitect
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Jan Fišer is a Czech architect, designer, and university professor.
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Václav Nejtek
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- visual artistsculptorwood carvercarver
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Václav Nejtek was a Czech sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
