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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Ivan Theimer
* 1944
Professor Aleš Veselý
* 1935 †︎ 2015
Jindřich Zeithamml
* 1949
Olbram Zoubek
* 1926 †︎ 2017
A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship
5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries