Olbram Zoubek

Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a contemporary Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

Olbram Zoubek
Zoubek in 2012
Born	(1926-04-21)21 April 1926 Prague, Czech Republic
Died	15 June 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 91) Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation	Sculptor

There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery.^[1]

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.^[2] 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).^[3]

Gallery

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  Some of Zoubek's sculptures
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  2002 The Broken Man is the work of Olbram Zoubek.
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  Bust of Franz Kafka
  Prague