Zbyněk Slavíček

Zbyněk Slavíček (June 20, 1930, Prostějov, Czechoslovakia – 2012) was a Czech painter and textile artist.^[1] He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studio of Miloslav Holý.^[2] He was a member of the Etapa Creative Group.^[1] In 1983, he had his own exhibition in Prague and a year later another one in Hradec Králové.^[3] He also exhibited at a number of collective exhibitions.^[2] His work is characterized by complex drawing motifs^[3] and dull colors. In addition to chamber works, he also created works for architecture. Together with Milan Obrátil, who was also a member of the Etapa Creative Group, they designed a monumental mosaic for the Zlín Municipal Theater in the early 1960s.^[4] In the 1970s, he painted a canvas for the staircase of the Artia foreign trade company in Prague-Malešice.^[5] In 1983, he and his wife Ivana Slavíčková created textile frescoes at Lnáře Castle.^[3] His work is represented in regional collections. These include the Karlovy Vary Art Gallery,^[6][7] the North Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts in Litoměřice,^[8][9] or the Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava.^[10]