About Jiří Šetlík
Lived 1929 – 2023 (aged 93). Jiří Šetlík was a Czech art historian, teacher, exhibition curator, translator, art theorist and art critic.
Jiří Šetlík (2 April 1929 – 28 January 2023) was a Czech art historian, art critic and academic.
Life and career Born in Prague, Šetlík was the son of the founder of the pharmaceutical company Ivan Šetlík, a political dissident who was condemned to two and a half years in prison for espionage in a show trial. After serving three years of military service in the army auxiliary battalions (PTP) as an "enlightenment officer", he got a doctorate in History and Theory of Art at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
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Who was Jiří Šetlík?
Czech art historian and academic (1929–2023)
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Jiří Šetlík was born on 2 April 1929 in Prague.
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Jiří Šetlík died on 28 January 2023.
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Jiří Šetlík was an art historian, teacher, exhibition curator, translator, art theorist and art critic.
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Jiří Šetlík was Czech.
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