33rd Street Subway Station
Jiří Balcar (Biography)

33rd Street Subway Station
Technique:
Size: 15 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.
Year: 1966

Czech, 1929-1968
  • Born in Kolin
  • Studied at Academy of Fine Arts with Professor Frantisek Tichy from 1948 to 1953
  • After graduation continued studies with famed surrealist, Professor Frantisek Muzika
  • Participated in International Invitational Seminar of Art in 1964 at Farleigh-Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey, and exhibited in New York during this 6 month period in the United States
  • Died August 28, 1968 in an automobile accident
Selected Public Collections
  • Albertina, Vienna, Austria
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris, France
  • Bibliotheque royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
  • The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  • Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA
  • Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
  • Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
  • Musee des Beaux-Arts, Liege, Belgium
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, USA
  • Muzeum Umeni Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Narodni galerie v Praze (The National Gallery in Prague), Czech Republic
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
  • Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany