Franta Novotny

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Examples of Typoism (from left): Revolution-Evolution; Romeo and Juliet; Mr. Humor Plastic in the foreground: playing child; Amazon

Franta Novotný (born June 3, 1944 in Sobieslau , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ; pseudonym : Frano ) is a German-speaking sculptor and painter . He gained fame through the style of typoism he developed, which he defines as follows: Typoism = sculptural language of the conceptual world. What is new is the sculptural examination of the terms of language in the field of sculptural art. In typoism, terms are dissolved in letters, abstracted in visual language and led to a new optical synthesis.

Life

School education and studies

Novotný completed his school years in Soběslav with the Abitur in 1962. He then studied newspaper science until the Warsaw Pact troops marched in in 1968. After his escape, he studied political science and history at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU). Due to his great interest in Greek antiquity, he repeatedly traveled to Greece during his studies, where, among other things, he was involved in an excavation on Crete.

Artistic career

The cradle of his artistic work is in Czechoslovakia , where he made his first sculptures and pictures as early as 1963. Parallel to his studies at the LMU, he was among the students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, u. a. with the artist Ivana Bartak, active. Inspired by a trip to Taiwan, he began the development of typoism, which is a focus of his artistic oeuvre. In addition to typoism, he also makes modern sculptures from Greek mythology.

Exhibitions

  • 1994: Galerie Meneghello, Munich, D
  • 1995: Bürgerhaus, Graefelfing, D
  • 1995: Museum, Sob_slav, CZ
  • 1996: Mohr-Villa, Munich, D
  • 1997: Museum, Sob_slav, CZ
  • 1999: Mohr-Villa, Munich, D
  • 2000: Questenberg Palace, Prague, CZ
  • 2001: Civil engineering trade association (exhibition hall), Munich, D
  • 2001: Holz-Berufsgenossenschaft (exhibition hall), Munich, D
  • 2002: Städtisches Theater, Weilheim, D
  • 2002: Mohr-Villa, Munich, D
  • 2004: Exhibition Munich-Prague "Art without borders", Ivana Bartak & Franta Novotny in Prague

Awards and honors

  • 1995: Diploma from the Masaryk Academy of Art
  • 1997: Prize of the Czech-Bavarian Art Society
  • 1999: Franz Kafka Medal
  • 2000: Prize of the Czech-German cultural alliance

Television productions

  • 1996: "Access" - TV station SAT1, program series "Manufactum"
  • 2001: "With all love" - ​​TV broadcaster Bavaria, program series "Telenorm"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ivana-bartak.de/ausstellungen. Retrieved August 6, 2015 .
  2. ^ List of Laureats of the "Medal of Franz Kafka". Retrieved August 6, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Novotny, Franta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Novotny, Frano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-speaking sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sobieslau , South Bohemia , German Empire