mixed media, handmade paper, frame, 97 × 63 cm,
signed in pencil in the lower centre by PacovskáKvěta Pacovská, important Czech painter, sculptor, illustrator, graphic artist,
typographer and teacher, studied at the beginning of the 1950s
Monumental painting under the guidance of Emil Filla at the Academy of Arts and Crafts
School in Prague. From 1952 she worked as an illustrator, mainly
children's books and magazines, and gained an international reputation in this field.
for her unique experimental approach to the medium of authorial
books. Her work is infused with a playful approach to typography and drawing in which
combining abstract collage-like elements with anthropomorphic or
animal shapes set in a world of fantasy, puns and Dadaist
transformations. With her work, Pacovská has moved illustration and the artist's book into
the field of free artistic expression.
For her illustrations Pacovská has received a number of the most important international
awards, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award (1992), the
the most beautiful book in the world (Goldene Letter, 1993), and the Honorary Doctorate awarded by the
University of Kingston, UK (1999). In the 1990s
Pacovská taught at the Hochschule der
Künste in Berlin and at Kingston University in the UK. Experimental
books by Květa Pacovská have been published in many languages throughout the
around the world. In 2016, the Prague City Gallery hosted a retrospective
exhibition of her work.
#23023794
auction 63
63rd auction of Fine Art, Antiques, Design and Glass
Information at aukce@sypka.cz, mob. 608 958 322.
