Jan Kotik
Jan Kotík (4 January 1916 – 23 March 2002) was a Czech painter and graphic artist. Kotik was a member of Group 42 during World War II. Following the war his art was influenced by Chinese calligraphy. In 1956 he attended the Congress of Alba and signed up to the Final Resolution of the Alba Congress.
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Jan Kotik
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- Name
- Jan Kotik
- Born
- 4 January 1916
- Birthplace
- Turnov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 22 March 2002
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Germany.
- Occupation
- painter, translator, teacher, graphic artist, art theorist and ceramicist.
- Honours
- bronze medal.
- Languages
- Czech.
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Jan Kotík (4 January 1916 – 23 March 2002) was a Czech painter and graphic artist. Kotik was a member of Group 42 during World War II. Following the war his art was influenced by Chinese calligraphy. In 1956 he attended the Congress of Alba and signed up to the Final Resolution of the Alba Congress.
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His son is the musician Petr Kotík and his grandson was Jan Jakub Kotík.
Jan Kotík (1916-2002, links), und Georg Frietzsche (1903-1986, rechts), im Künstlergespräch am 18. Mai 1977, Berlin
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• Name — Jan Kotik • Born — 4 January 1916 • Birthplace — Turnov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 22 March 2002 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany
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Jan Kotik is recorded as painter, translator, teacher, graphic artist and art theorist.
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1916
Jan Kotik born at Turnov.
2002
Jan Kotik died at Berlin.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Jan Kotík. His recorded language was Czech. Kotik received bronze medal.
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Belvedere, Berlinische Galerie, Moravian Gallery in Brno and National Gallery Prague
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