Libenský / Brychtová

Libenský / Brychtová

Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová are amongst the most famous glass artists. [ [http://www.galerieb.de/artists/libensky/libenskyen.htm Libensky/Brychtova ] ]

Their works are included in many major modern art collections, for example, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Victoria & Albert Museum as well as regularly displaying their pieces at other temporary exhibitions. [Petrová, Sylva: Czech Glass (2002) Gallery. ISBN 80-86010-44-9.]

Jaroslava, an educated sculptor (and daughter of the glass artist Jaroslav Brychta), and Stanislav, originally a painter, later a glass artist and a leading figure at glass school in Nový Bor [http://www.glassschool.cz/page/?lang=eng] , headmaster of the glass school in Železný Brod [http://www.supss.cz/english/main.htm] and VŠUP [http://www.vsup.cz] professor, first met in 1954, when Jaroslava asked Stanislav to let her sculpt one of his paintings. Their artistic infatuation soon led to a closer relationship and in 1963 they married. Since then they have worked together: Mr. Libenský paints and sketches, and Ms. Brychtová makes clay sculptures from his designs. Master craftsmen follow with plaster moulds that are filled with glass shards and "fired": heated for two or three days and slowly cooled for as long as a month. The final phase is polishing and possibly slightly improving the resulting shape. [Klasová, Milena: Libenský / Brychtová (2002) Gallery. ISBN 80-86010-54-6.]

Their work, instantly recognisable, is characterised by simple block shapes infused with subtle colour and nuances.

External links

* [http://www.libensky.net Short biography and photographs of Libenský / Brychtová works]

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