Other artists envied the graphic artists their camaraderie
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Tomáš Svoboda (born in Prague on 16 February 1947) is one of the leading Czech art printers. He worked in the print shops of the Dílo art company at first (1969-1984), then went freelance and opened his own workshop in Dittrichova Street in Prague. Ever since his youth, he has actively pursued both sports and reenactment fencing. Along with the Mušketýři a bandité reenactment troupe, he performed in Paris (1966), toured South America (1969) and collaborated on at least 50 theatre productions. Thanks to this theatrical experience, circa 1980 he became the leader of the newly formed Litografičanka amateur theatre company whose members were Czech graphic artists. Until about 2000, he wrote original plays for the company which were always staged only once, and organised rehearsals in his studio. After 1989 he became a member of the renewed Association of Czech Graphic Artists Hollar (SČUG Hollar). At the time of the filming (2022) he was still actively involved in the running of the workshop in Dittrichova Street although his son Viktor Svoboda had taken over the management in 2006.
