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Jindrich Styrsky

Jindrich Styrsky (1899 - 1942) was active/lived in Czech Republic.  Jindrich Styrsky is known for Surrealist painting, photography, graphic art, poetry.

Jindrich Štyrský was a Czech Surrealist painter, poet, editor, photographer, and graphic artist. His oeuvre included numerous book covers and illustrations, and writings of both Arthur Rimbaud and Marquis de Sade. Along with his artistic partner Toyen (Marie Cermínová), he became a member of Devetsil in 1923, participating in their group exhibitions. He and Toyen also exhibited in Paris in the late 1920s, where they founded their own movement, Artificialism.

Between 1928 and 1929 he was designer for the group's drama wing, the Osvobozené divadlo, where he collaborated with Vítezslav Nezval and others. Štyrský was also an active editor. In addition to his Edition 69 series, he edited the Erotická Revue, which he launched in 1930, and Odeon, where many of his shorter texts appeared. He was a founding member of The Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia.

He was born and spent his childhood in Lower Cermná. The death of his half-sister in 1905, with whom had   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2359 characters.]  Artist bio

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