RARE STANISLAV LIBENSKY SIGNED CASED GLASS VASE ~ 15 cm (5.9")

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MANY THANKS TO MY AVID FOLLOWERS AND CURIOUS LOOKERS OF MY STORE. YOUR CONTINUOUS FOLLOWING IS APPRECIATED. FABULOUS RARE STANISLAV LIBENSKY SIGNED CASED GLASS VASE Master Glass Artist Signed Unique Hand Made Art ~ 15 cm nice weight ~ 10 Lbs *********************** Stanislav Libensky In the world of glass art, the name Stanislav Libenský (1921-2002) is immortally linked with that of his wife and artistic collaborator, Jaraslava Brychtová (1924-). This collaboration began in the mid-1950s with a glass and concrete wall for the Brussels EXPO '58. Based on the cave paintings of animals at Lascaux and Altimira, the installation won a grand prize. Zoomorphic Stones, as the work came to be known, employed internal modeling of shapes cast in glass. The technique became the basis of most of Libenský and Brychtová's future work.Born in Sezemice, Czechoslovakia, Stanislav Libenský began his study of glass in 1937 at the Specialized School of Glassmaking in Nový Bor, a region encompassing the Czech-German border called the Sudetenland. When the German army occupied the Sudetenland in 1938, Libenský moved first to the school at Zelezný Brod and later to the Prague Academy of Applied Arts, from which he graduated in 1944. In the middle of Libenský’s career he was appointed a professor in the glass department at the Prague Academy in 196 3 after the passing of the influential Josef Kaplický. Libenský was an excellent teacher who respected the tradition of glass in Czechoslovakia while furthering his own ideas about the modern direction of glass art. His career at the school lasted nearly one-quarter of a century. During that time, despite the opposition of the Communist government that had taken hold of the country in the late 1940s, Libenský was able not only to influence two generations of glass artists through his teaching but also, through international lecturing and exhibition of his and Jaraslava Brychtová's works, build world-wide interest in modern Czech glass art. ************************************************************************ Stanislav Libensky, the Czech artist who with his wife, Jaroslava Brychtova, transformed glass from tabletop decoration to a serious art form in architecture and sculpture. Having started his career in 1945 as a teacher at a vocational school in the Czech glass-making center Novy Bor, Mr. Libensky was inseparable, artistically and personally, from Ms. Brychtova. They went on to influence generations of glass makers in Europe, Japan and the United States. His massive colored glass castings are scattered around Prague, where they are an integral part of many public works, from the facade of the National Theater to the windows of St. Vitus Cathedral. In the United States, his works are in the collections of several museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y. A retrospective of the Libenskys' work is at the 20th century Art Collection of the National Gallery in Prague and will be the first exhibition at the new Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Wash. ''He was the most important glass artist of our time,'' said Thomas Buechner, the founding director of the Corning Museum. ''He elevated glass to the level of major architectural sculpture.'' Education and Professional Experience 1937-9 Attended the Specialized School of Glassmaking in Novy Bor (Haida) and Zelezny Brod 1939-44 Studies at the School of Applied Arts in Prague, glass atelier under Prof. J. Holecek 1949-50 Studies at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, glass atelier under Prof. J. Kaplicky 1945-54 Lecturer at the Specialized School for Glassmaking in Nový Bor and designer for glassworks in the region Since 1954 Works together with Jaroslava Brychtova 1954-63 Director of the Specialized School for Glassmaking in Zelezny Brod 1963-87 Head professor of the Glass Atelier at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague Since 1982 Guest lecturer in Stanwood, WA, Pilch... read more

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