Oldřich Kulhánek
Oldřich Kulhánek (born February 26, 1940 in Prague ; † January 28, 2013 there ) was a Czech painter, graphic artist , illustrator , set designer and educator .
Life
Kulhánek studied from 1953 to the University of Applied Arts in Prague with Karel Svolinský . He had his first exhibition in 1968.
Some of his graphics from the years 1968–1971, which were supposed to defame representatives of socialist countries, including Josef Stalin , were persecuted in communist Czechoslovakia before 1989 . Kulhánek spent a month in prison, after which the StB regularly interrogated him . The graphics in question could be hidden and published in the 1990s under the title Prohibita .
Kulhánek designed the graphics for the contemporary Czech crown banknotes . He followed up on this two-year work with the Funny Money cycle . Kulhánek also created many Czech postage stamps.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Oldřich Kulhánek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- oldrichkulhanek.cz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oldřich Kulhánek Information System abART
- ↑ a b Zemřel grafik a malíř Oldřich Kulhánek, author českých bankovek , obituary of the online daily Lidovky.cz from January 28, 2013, online at: lidovky.cz / ...
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kulhánek, Oldřich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech painter, graphic artist, illustrator, set designer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2013 |
| Place of death | Prague |