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Born 1954 Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia. Known for: Sculpture.
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Pavel Opocensky was born in Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1945. After an apprenticeship in a metal workshop he started working in jewelry and sculpture. Due to governmental restrictions he left his... Read full biography
Pavel Opocensky was born in Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1945. After an apprenticeship in a metal workshop he started working in jewelry and sculpture. Due to governmental restrictions he left his country for the USA in 1982. Shortly after that he held his first exhibition in New York. In 1990 he... Read full biography
Pavel Opocensky was born in Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1945. After an apprenticeship in a metal workshop he started working in jewelry and sculpture. Due to governmental restrictions he left his country for the USA in 1982. Shortly after that he held his first exhibition in New York. In 1990 he returned to Czechoslovakia and until today lives and works in Prague. He mainly designs jewelry, but he is also known for his large-scale stone sculptures and ivory works. Many international... Read full biography
Pavel Opocensky was born in Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1945. After an apprenticeship in a metal workshop he started working in jewelry and sculpture. Due to governmental restrictions he left his country for the USA in 1982. Shortly after that he held his first exhibition in New York. In 1990 he returned to Czechoslovakia and until today lives and works in Prague. He mainly designs jewelry, but he is also known for his large-scale stone sculptures and ivory works. Many international collection are in possession of his works, such as American Craft Museum, New York, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, The Brooklin Museum, New York and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Prague. (nlu)
Pavel Opocensky was born in Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1945. After an apprenticeship in a metal workshop he started working in jewelry and sculpture. Due to governmental restrictions he left his country for the USA in 1982. Shortly after that he held his first exhibition in New York. In 1990 he returned to Czechoslovakia and until today lives and works in Prague. He mainly designs jewelry, but he is also known for his large-scale stone sculptures and ivory works. Many international collection are in possession of his works, such as American Craft Museum, New York, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, The Brooklin Museum, New York and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Prague. (nlu)
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Pavel Opocensky was born in Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1945. After an apprenticeship in a metal workshop he started working in jewelry and sculpture. Due to governmental restrictions he left his country for the USA in 1982. Shortly after that he held his first exhibition in New York.
In 1990 he returned to Czechoslovakia and until today lives and works in Prague. He mainly designs jewelry, but he is also known for his large-scale stone sculptures and ivory works. Many international collection are in possession of his works, such as American Craft Museum, New York, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, The Brooklin Museum, New York and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Prague. (nlu)