Olbram Zoubek
(Czech Republic)
Creative activities
The talent for art and the ability to mould materials was discovered in Olbram Zoubek by his Secondary school teacher Kužela. He also supported Zoubek to pursue his talent by studying at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Following his advice, Olbram Zoubek started studying in the studio of the sculptor Wagner in 1945: “The education and experience he gave me were the best things I could get,” says the master even after years. He finds inspiration in people around him. Man, woman, or family are his most used motives. In 1969, he cast the death-mask of Jan Palach. In 2002, he created the Victims of Communism Memorial that stands on the Petřín hillside. “I create people I think about. I try to clarify my relationship to them and to the world. Doing that, I try to understand myself,” states Olbram Zoubek.
