Fates of Artists in Communist Czechoslovakia

The Pudil Family Foundation

Project of The Pudil Family Foundation and POST BELLUM o.p.s., named “20th Century Stories: Documentation and Exhibition of Artists’ Fates in Communist Czechoslovakia” aims at recording and looking into the communist period in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989) through personal life stories of artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, conceptual artists ) as well as at a public presentation of some of the stories and works of art gathered within the project.

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Jiří Anderle

* 1936

Art and censorship, Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Karel Beneš

* 1932

Artists

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

portrait of Daniela Benešová - 2015

Daniela Benešová

* 1929

Artists

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Václav Bláha

Václav Bláha

* 1949

Art and censorship, Artists, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eugen Brikcius, 2016

Eugen Brikcius

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Artists, Charter 77 signatory and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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Tomáš Císařovský

* 1962

Art and censorship, Artists, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrét 1, rok 2018

Pavel Dias

* 1938 †︎ 2021

Art and censorship, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Kurt Gebauer

* 1941

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, National minorities, Sudeten Germans

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Oldřich Hamera

Oldřich Hamera

* 1944

Art and censorship

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jiří Hampl, 2016

Jiří Hampl

* 1929

Art and censorship, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia