Lot 486: Libenský Stanislav (Sezemice 1921 - 2002 Železný

Libenský Stanislav (Sezemice 1921 - 2002 Železný Brod) and Brychtová Jaroslava (1924 Železný Brod)
Signs of the Zodiac - Leo, honey-coloured fused glass, cut, polished, signed S. Lib J. Bry 1961, diameter 20.5 cm, height 3.5 cm (Zí)
Stanislav Libenský (1921 - 2002) - probably the most important Czech glass artist and teacher of the 2nd half of the 20th century. After studying at the glassmaking schools in Haida and Eisenbrod, he graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. In 1945, he returned to the Glassmaking Professional Secondary School in Haida, where he led the department of glass painting and etching. In 1954, Libenský took the position of principal of the Glassmaking Professional School of Applied Arts in Eisenbrod. In that position, he built on the work of Jaroslav Brychta, a member of the teaching staff and later principal of the school, and also an experimentor, who was the first in the Czech lands to use the forgotten technique of fusing glass in a mould in his artistic works. This is how his daughter, Jaroslava Brychtová, became acquainted with the technique. Jaroslava Brychtová graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague in the studio of Professor Štipl and later also from the Academy of Sculpture in the studio of Professor Lauda. At the glassmaking school, she met its principal Stanislav Libenský, with whom she executed his drawings in fused glass. That is how the cooperation of Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová and their famous Head-Bowl /1954/ came about. The two authors, Jaroslava Brychtová and Stanislav Libenský, worked and lived together in a mutual symbiosis for fifty years. Their cooperation gave rise to works that significantly contributed to the shaping of modern glass aesthetics. The works of Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová are in the collections of major galleries and artistic museums around the world and their work has an integral place in the history of 20th century art.