Květa Pacovská
Květa Pacovská (28 July 1928 – 6 February 2023) was a Czech illustrator and writer. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1992 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature".
Also recorded as Kveta Pacovska
Květa Pacovská
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- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2023
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia · Czech Republic
- Occupation
- writer · sculptor · illustrator · painter · graphic artist · typographer · picture book writer · artist
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Květa Pacovská (28 July 1928 – 6 February 2023) was a Czech illustrator and writer. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1992 for her "lasting contribution to children's literature".
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Květa Pacovská (1928–2023) was a Czech and Czechoslovak artist, draftsperson and graphic artist, among other activities. The artist was born and died in Prague. Květa Pacovská was active in art of sculpture, graphics and illustration.
Languages used include Czech. The artist received Czech Medal of Merit, Gutenberg Prize and Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, among others.
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Life and career
Life and career
Pacovská was born in Prague and studied at its School of Applied Arts, where she mainly worked in graphic art, arts, conceptual art and artist book fields. For many years she developed a career as a graphic designer and participated in more than 50 exhibitions. In 1961, she started drawing picture books for her own children. Her work is characterised by the use of geometric forms and vibrant colours, mainly red. "White and black are not included in the colour spectrum but for me they are colours and mean maximum contrast. And maximum contrast is the maximum beauty. I am striving for maximum contrast. Red and green.The placing of colours one over the other. It depends on the relation, proportion, rhythm, size, amount and how we placed colours together.It is like music. Each individual tone is beautiful by itself and in certain groupings we create new dimensions, harmony, disharmony, symphonies, operas and books for children." [1] Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback MachineThe biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Pacovská received the illustration award in 1992.
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Midnight Play Simon & Schuster Audio, CD-Rom edition (1999) ISBN 9780671046668 Alphabet Tivola Electronic Publishing; CD-Rom edition (2000) ISBN 9783931372804 ASIN B000056WJY
Catalogues
Catalogues
The Art of Květa Pacovská (The art of...catalogues) (1994) ISBN 9781558582330 Open Space (2001) ISBN 9783716512517 Pacovská Exhibition Catalog Maximum kontrast ISBN 9783865660053
Kvĕta Pacovská, 2007, Barcelona, Illustrad'Or 2006 Award, children book
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Květa Pacovská (2015), Czech artist
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Life and career
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1928
Květa Pacovská was born in 1928.
2023
Květa Pacovská died at Prague.
Books
One, Five, Many (1990) ISBN 9780395549971 - counting book for children; as writer/illustrator Midnight Play (1994) ISBN 9781558582521 - as writer/illustrator Flying (1995) ISBN 9781558584969 - as writer/illustrator The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen (2005) ISBN 9780698400276 - as illustrator Unfold/Enfold (2005) ISBN 9782020694179 - art/picture book The Little Flower King (2007) ISBN 9780698400542 - as writer/illustrator The Sun Is Yellow (2012) ISBN 9781849760645 - as artist/illustrator Number Circus 1-10 and back Again (2012) ISBN 9789881915290 - counting book for children; as artist/illustrator
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- 1.Zemřela ilustrátorka a výtvarnice Květa Pacovská, bylo jí 94 let ČeskéNoviny.cz. ceskenoviny.cz. 2023-02-06.
- 2.Philippe-Jean Catinchi. Květa Pacovská, plasticienne tchèque. Le Monde. 22. 10 février 2023.
- 3.Base de données des lauréats de la Biennale d'illustration de Bratislava, site officiel bibiana.sk.]
- 4.Archives « Honour List » 1956-1998, sur le site officiel ibby.org.
- 5.Lauréats Foire du livre de jeunesse de Bologne 1993.
- 6.Lauréats Foire du livre de jeunesse de Bologne 1998.
- 7.Sélections 2023 sur le site officiel, et années précédentes via recherche sur le même site officiel.
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