Plate VIII (Homage to Kafka VIII)
Jiří Balcar
(Biography)
Plate VIII (Homage to Kafka VIII), Jiří Balcar
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
- 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
