Jaromír E. Brabenec (4 August 1934 – October 2024) was a Czech graphic designer and sculptor. He was the older brother of poet and musician Vratislav Brabenec.[1]
Jaromír E. Brabenec | |
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_II.jpg) Brabenec in 2018 | |
| Born | 4 August 1934 Horní Počernice, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | October 2024 (aged 90) |
| Relatives | Vratislav Brabenec (brother) |
| Website | www |
Life and career
editBrabenec was born in Horní Počernice, now part of Prague, on 4 August 1934. In 1968 he left Czechoslovakia for Sweden.[2] In 1968–1969 he studied at Konstfack in Stockholm.[3] He was teaching at Tollare folkhögskola from 1974 until 1983.[4] He returned to the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution.
His first solo exhibition took place in 1964 in Kolín. Since then he has exhibited in Stockholm (several exhibitions), Malmö (1977), Basel (1978), Göteborg (1979), London (1986) and Nyköping (1993), among other places. His work has been also represented in many group exhibitions.[5]
In 2022, he illustrated Vratislav Brabenec's book Stromečky published by Vršovice2016.
References
edit- ^ "Památníkem proti lidskému zmaru". Přítomnost (in Czech). 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Marešová, Milena M.; Oujezdský, Karel (14 August 2014). "Průraz pravdy a lásky v objektech Jaromíra E. Brabence". Český rozhlas Vltava (in Czech). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Brabenec Jaromír". Publicart (in Czech). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Jaromír Brabenec: Tension". Lucerna.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Jirousová, Věra; Beránek, Petr (1995). Jaromír Brabenec: Obálky / Envelopes; Blahopřání / Congratulations; Causa finalis; projekty z let 1985-1995 (in Czech and English). Ostrava and Hradec Králové: Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě and Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové. pp. 26–28. ISBN 80-85091-37-2.
- ^ "Jaromír Brabenec, náš spolupracovník, sochař, grafik, malíř a starší Vráťův bratr nás v úterý napořád opustil". Vršovice2016 on Facebook. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Jaromír E. Brabenec". MutualArt. Retrieved 14 November 2024.