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His art gradually strayed from the realism of his early paintings, and from the 1930s he focused on the creation of assemblages and collages, which foreshadowed his work of the 1960s. He got inspired by his numerous travels across the globe, and was strongly influenced by
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at the faculty of philosophy, where he completed a doctorate in 1924. Despite the knowledge he accumulated during his studies, his artistic abilities were self-taught. At the beginning his artwork is mostly paintings, and subsequently evolves into graphic design.
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generation of avant-garde artists rather as an outsider or lone wolf. He tried on many styles, which he quickly discarded as worthless. His generation saw him as a disjointed eclectic or as the dark conscience of the avant-garde.
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group of painters, and later had several solo shows and even exhibited his work at the , where unlike in his native country it was a great success.
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star for the Kofila chocolate wrapper, are still famous today. He also created designs for the Kolín oil refinery, Kulík coffee,
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URBAN, Jiří. Zdenek Rykr : Výběr z malířského díla. Roudnice nad Labem : Galerie Roudnice nad Labem, 1983. 24 s.
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List of works in the database of the Czech National Library, whose author or topic is Zdenek Rykr
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In the 1920s he also worked as a journalist, contributed to the creation of the satiric magazine
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LAHODA, Vojtěch. Zdenek Rykr 1900-1940. Praha : Galerie hlavního města Prahy, 2000. 377 s.
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company. His designs for the Maršner chocolate company, for which he created the blue
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and from 1925 to 1927 he was a theater designer at the
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train station. When he was seven his family moved to
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in Prague, and so he chose to study Art History and
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took his own life by throwing himself under a train
55:In 2016, film director Andrea Culková released 8: 130:At first he exhibited as a guest with the 186: 149:section of Prague on 15 January 1940. 7: 233:Zdenek Rykr in the archive of the 14: 215:, Czech Republic, France, 2016. 209:Institute of Documentary Film, 274:Czechoslovak graphic designers 1: 279:Czechoslovak scenic designers 200:, Modern Times, Oct 28, 2016. 35:Zdenek Rykr was born in the 241:. Archiv.narodni-divadlo.cz 198:"The artist’s talking head" 315: 299:Suicides in Czechoslovakia 75:In 1925, Rykr illustrated 235:National Theatre (Prague) 85:National Theatre (Prague) 21: 284:Czechoslovak painters 49:Classical archaeology 19: 45:Academy of Fine Arts 22: 289:Suicides by train 306: 250: 248: 246: 216: 207: 201: 191: 314: 313: 309: 308: 307: 305: 304: 303: 254: 253: 244: 242: 237: 225: 220: 219: 208: 204: 192: 188: 183: 162: 154:Milada Součková 73: 61:Milada Součková 33: 12: 11: 5: 312: 310: 302: 301: 296: 291: 286: 281: 276: 271: 266: 256: 255: 252: 251: 231: 224: 223:External links 221: 218: 217: 202: 194:Jægtnes, H. S. 185: 184: 182: 179: 178: 177: 174: 161: 158: 72: 69: 65:Sonja Vectomov 32: 29: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 311: 300: 297: 295: 294:1940 suicides 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 280: 277: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 261: 259: 240: 239:"Zdenek Rykr" 236: 232: 230: 227: 226: 222: 214: 213: 206: 203: 199: 195: 190: 187: 180: 175: 172: 171:80-7010-077-X 168: 164: 163: 159: 157: 155: 150: 148: 144: 140: 137:To avoid the 135: 133: 128: 125: 121: 117: 112: 110: 107:and Oriental 106: 100: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 70: 68: 66: 62: 58: 53: 50: 46: 42: 38: 30: 28: 26: 18: 243:. Retrieved 211: 205: 189: 160:Bibliography 151: 136: 129: 120:Domov a svět 119: 115: 113: 101: 80: 74: 56: 54: 34: 24: 23: 269:1940 deaths 264:1900 births 245:22 November 173:(in Czech). 109:Calligraphy 77:Emil Vachek 25:Zdenek Rykr 20:Zdenek Rykr 258:Categories 181:References 152:His wife, 132:Tvrdošíjni 105:Surrealism 147:Barrandov 124:Devětsil 81:Bidýlko, 57:H*art On 37:Chotěboř 212:HART*ON 145:in the 139:Gestapo 169:  99:and . 97:Čedok 93:Orion 41:Kolín 247:2014 167:ISBN 89:Baťa 71:Work 31:Life 141:he 116:Trh 79:’s 260:: 196:, 111:. 67:. 249:.

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Chotěboř
Kolín
Academy of Fine Arts
Classical archaeology
Milada Součková
Sonja Vectomov
Emil Vachek
National Theatre (Prague)
Baťa
Orion
Čedok
Surrealism
Calligraphy
Devětsil
Tvrdošíjni
Gestapo
took his own life by throwing himself under a train
Barrandov
Milada Součková
ISBN
80-7010-077-X
Jægtnes, H. S.
"The artist’s talking head"
HART*ON
List of works in the database of the Czech National Library, whose author or topic is Zdenek Rykr
National Theatre (Prague)
"Zdenek Rykr"
Categories
1900 births

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