The house where Jiří Ryba's family lived in Stará Paka

Jiří Ryba in 1946

Jiří Ryba in 1946 with his siblings Milena (centre) and Milan (right)

Family photo of the Ryba family from 1938, a witness on his mother's lap

Jiri Ryba (left) with his best friends in Stara Paka, 1953

Jiří Ryba played theatre in Stará Paka, picture from 1952

Jiří Ryba in 1953

Jiří Ryba in 1954

Jiří Ryba during his studies at the glass school in Železný Brod, 1954

Jiří Ryba (left) during his work in the brickyard where his father worked, 1953

Witness´s teachers at the glass school in Železný Brod, from left Václav Pokorný, Stanislav Libenský, Petr Patřický, Alois Hásek; 1954

Jiří Ryba (centre) with his classmates at the graduation ball, 1957

Jiří Ryba in 1957

Jiří Ryba in 1956

Jiří Ryba devoted himself to amateur theatre, pictured here in 1955 in the play Slavonic Sky

Jiří Ryba during compulsory military service with the Border Guard in Plana, 1958

Jiří Ryba in 1960

Jiří Ryba with his long-time colleague and friend Professor Jan Černý, 1962

Jiří Ryba at work at Severoznak, 1962

Jiří Ryba on holiday in the High Tatras, 1962

With Jan Černý on holiday in South Bohemia, 1963

Jiří Ryba in 1966

Jiří Ryba during the opening of his exhibition in Nová Paka, 2003

Jiří Ryba (left) in his glass studio with his friend J. Krček, 1996

Rudolf Šrámek in 2024