Olbram Zoubek

Czech sculptor and designer

Olbram Zoubek
Zoubek in 2012
Born	(1926-04-21)21 April 1926 Prague, Czech Republic
Died	15 June 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 91) Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation	Sculptor

Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a contemporary Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery.^[1]

Zoubek was particularly well known for having taken a death mask of Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burned himself to death in protest over the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[2] One of his most famous works is his "Memorial to the Victims of Communism" in Prague (done in collaboration with the architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel).^[3]

Gallery

Some of Zoubek's sculptures
2002 Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Prague is the work of Olbram Zoubek and architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel
Bust of Franz Kafka
Prague

References

^ Smetana's Litomysl Opera Festival, Litomysl Castle, Litomysl Travel Services, Litomysl Czech Republic
^ "Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek dies at age 91". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
^ "Memorial for the Victims of Communism, AHK architekti, Olbram Zoubek". Mimoa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2017-06-16.