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1920 Louny, Czechoslovakia - 2011. Known for: Abstract computer assisted painting, mosaics, teaching.
"Zdenek Sykora obituary, The Guardian, by Christopher Masters, July 19, 2011. The Czech painter Zdenek Sykora, who has died aged 91, gained an international reputation with his computer-generated... Read full biography
"Zdenek Sykora obituary, The Guardian, by Christopher Masters, July 19, 2011. The Czech painter Zdenek Sykora, who has died aged 91, gained an international reputation with his computer-generated compositions, produced in the relatively liberal environment of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. He... Read full biography
"Zdenek Sykora obituary, The Guardian, by Christopher Masters, July 19, 2011. The Czech painter Zdenek Sykora, who has died aged 91, gained an international reputation with his computer-generated compositions, produced in the relatively liberal environment of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. He continued to work in both figurative and abstract styles after the Prague Spring of 1968, and in recent years his contribution has been acknowledged anew outside his own country, especially in Germany and... Read full biography
"Zdenek Sykora obituary, The Guardian, by Christopher Masters, July 19, 2011. The Czech painter Zdenek Sykora, who has died aged 91, gained an international reputation with his computer-generated compositions, produced in the relatively liberal environment of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. He continued to work in both figurative and abstract styles after the Prague Spring of 1968, and in recent years his contribution has been acknowledged anew outside his own country, especially in Germany and France. Sykora was born in Louny, a town in northern Bohemia, which played a dominant role in his life even while he was immersed in the cultural life of Prague. Although his education was interrupted by the German occupation and the onset of the... Read full biography
"Zdenek Sykora obituary, The Guardian, by Christopher Masters, July 19, 2011. The Czech painter Zdenek Sykora, who has died aged 91, gained an international reputation with his computer-generated compositions, produced in the relatively liberal environment of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. He continued to work in both figurative and abstract styles after the Prague Spring of 1968, and in recent years his contribution has been acknowledged anew outside his own country, especially in Germany and France. Sykora was born in Louny, a town in northern Bohemia, which played a dominant role in his life even while he was immersed in the cultural life of Prague. Although his education was interrupted by the German occupation and the onset of the second world war, in 1945 he became a student at the art education department of Charles University, Prague, where he was a first-class hockey... Read full biography
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"Zdenek Sykora obituary, The Guardian, by Christopher Masters, July 19, 2011
The Czech painter Zdenek Sykora, who has died aged 91, gained an international reputation with his computer-generated compositions, produced in the relatively liberal environment of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. He continued to work in both figurative and abstract styles after the Prague Spring of 1968, and in recent years his contribution has been acknowledged anew outside his own country, especially in Germany and France.
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