About Olbram Zoubek
Lived 1926 – 2017 (aged 91). Olbram Zoubek was a Czech sculptor, visual artist, teacher, graphic artist and restorer.
Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery.
Zoubek was particularly well known for having taken a death mask of Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burned himself to death in protest over the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. One of his most famous works is his "Memorial to the Victims of Communism" in Prague (done in collaboration with the architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel).
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Czech sculptor (1926–2017)
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Olbram Zoubek was born on 21 April 1926 in Prague.
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Olbram Zoubek died on 15 June 2017 in Prague.
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Olbram Zoubek was a sculptor, visual artist, teacher, graphic artist and restorer.
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Olbram Zoubek was Czech.
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