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BREZINA, Otokar: SVITANI NA ZAPADE.
Drawing on cover and eleven original etchings Jan Konupek, typographic design Josef Sonberg.
Praha, Jan Pohorely, 1948.
Folio, no paging [76]. Loose sheets, original cover with flaps.
Vltava, vol. 3. - Limited edition number 191 of 300 numbered copies. Etchings printed Mirro Pergassi and signed Jan Konupek. Signature of Jan Konupek on colophon. - Cover nearly intact, loose sheets intact. Collector's condition. - Language: Czech.
<ID:BIB77461> Price: 22.000,- CZK
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Otokar Brezina (September 13, 1868, Pocatky, Austria-Hungary - March 25, 1929, Jaromerice nad Rokytnou, Czechoslovakia)
Czech teacher, poet and essayist.
His remarkable poetry earned Brezina number honorary titles: in 1913 he became corresponding member, and in 1923 a regular member of Czech Academy of Arts and Sciences, in 1919 he received honorary doctorate from Charles University, Prague. He turned down offer to become professor at new University of Brno in 1921. In 1921 and again in 1929 he was Czech candidate for Nobel Prize for literature.
Bibliography:
Tajemne dalky (Mysteroius Distances), a collection of poems, 1895
Svitani na zapade (Daybreak in the West), a collection of poems, 1896
Vetry od polu (Winds from the Poles), a collection of poems, 1897
Stavitele chramu (The Builders of the Church), a collection of poems, 1899
Ruce (Hands), a collection of poems, 1901
Hudba pramenu (The Music of the Sources), a collection of essays, 1903
Posthumously: Skryte dejiny (The Hidden History), a collection of essays, 1970. ed. by J. Zika.
Jan Konupek (October 10, 1883, Mlada Boleslav, Austria-Hungary - March 15, 1950, Nove Mesto nad Metuji, Czechoslovakia)
Czech draftsman, illustrator, graphic artist, ...
Study: 1903 - 1906, Architecture, Technical University in Prague; 1906 - 1908, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, prof. Vlaho Bukovac, Maxmilian Pirner and Alessandro de Pian.
Selected Memberships: Co-founder of art associations Sursum and Artel.
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 1939, Hollar, Praha; 1968, Hollar, Praha; 1969, GVU Roudnice nad Labem; 1969, Galerie Fronta, Praha; 1970, Oblastni muzeum Pisek; 1980, Museum Bochum; 1984, GHMP.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 1910, Sursum, KPU, Brno; 1912, Sursum, Obecni dum, Praha; 1976, Sursum, KG, Hradec Kralove; 1990, Tri grafici ceskeho symbolismu, GVU Ostrava.
Selected Literature: Arno Sanka: Graficke dilo Jana Konupka. Jan Konupek - Fragmenty studie, Veraikon 16, 1930, pp. 9-27; Miloslav Novotny: Knizni grafika Jana Konupka, Cesky bibliofil 5, 1933, pp. 43-86; Okenko do dilny umelcovy,... 1-5, Praha, 1940-1949; Zizka: Grafické dilo J. K., Praha, 1943; Jaroslav Pesina: Ceska moderni grafika, Praha 1946; Frantisek Kobliha: Konupkuv svet myslenek a snu, Hollar, 1943; Antonin Friedl: Jan Konupek, Umeni, 1944; Konupek, Jan: Zivot v umeni, Praha, 1947; Frantisek Smejkal: Ceská symbolistni grafika, Umeni 16, 1968, pp. 1-25; Grimm-Hartmann: Knizni výzdoby J. K., Praha, 1972; Frantisek Smejkal: Ceska kresba prelomu stoleti, Hradec Kralove 1974; Frantisek Smejkal: Sursum 1910-1912, KG Hradec Kralove, 1976; Nova encyklopedie ceskeho vytvarneho umeni, Academia, Praha, 1995.
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