Richard Vyškovský
Richard Vyškovský (13 July 1929 – 1 August 2019) was a Czech architect and creator of paper models. In 1960s Vyškovský worked for the State institute for reconstruction of historic towns and monuments (SÚRPMO) in Prague. After a discussion with colleagues, complaining about the limited availability of die-cast Matchbox scale cars sold in the Czechoslovakia only in Tuzex shops, he decided to create similar models from paper.
Also recorded as Richard Vyskovsky
Richard Vyškovský
- Born
- Richard Vyškovský was born on 13 July 1929. · Vienna.
- Died
- Richard Vyškovský died on 1 August 2019.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- architect · graphic artist
- Fields
- architecture · paper model
- Languages
- Czech
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Richard Vyškovský (13 July 1929 – 1 August 2019) was a Czech architect and creator of paper models. In 1960s Vyškovský worked for the State institute for reconstruction of historic towns and monuments (SÚRPMO) in Prague. After a discussion with colleagues, complaining about the limited availability of die-cast Matchbox scale cars sold in the Czechoslovakia only in Tuzex shops, he decided to create similar models from paper.
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1929
Richard Vyškovský was born on 13 July 1929.
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Richard Vyškovský died on 1 August 2019.
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Richard Vyškovský was born at Vienna.
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His first model was designed after a die-cast Packard Landaulet model manufactured by Lesney Products under code Y-11 in the series Models of Yesteryear. In October 1968 the newspaper Lidová demokracie published a short article about "ing. Blecha and his colleague" accompanied by photos of paper models Mercedes 38/220 and Packard Landaulet. The state-owned publishing house SNDK and Vladislav Toman, editor in chief of ABC magazine, showed interest in publishing paper models by Blecha/Vyškovský. Already in 1968 SNDK published their paper diorama "Hussite siege of Karlštejn". ABC Magazine published a simplified paper model of a Packard Landaulet in March 1969. In the following seven years Blecha and Vyškovský published in ABC and SNDK/Albatros a series of further paper models, including a vast model of Prague Castle. From 1976 Vyškovský designed the models for ABC and Albatros on his own. The first published self model was Formula 1 Ferrari 312-T2 of Niki Lauda for ABC. Since 1997 his models have also been published by the company ERKOtyp, which is co-owned by his son Richard.
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- 1.Czech Television. Richard Vyškovský vytvořil vlastní království. ČT24. 20 October 2009.
- 2.Mafra. Zemřel legendární tvůrce papírových vystřihovánek Richard Vyškovský. Mladá fronta Dnes. 1 August 2019.
- 3.Fajkus, Stanislav. Papírový svět Richarda Vyškovského. XYZ. 2009. 978-80-7388-271-6.
- 4.Nápad, který by neměl zapadnout. Lidová demokracie. 1968-10-31.
- 5.Czech Television, Seekers of Time: Paper Castle, quot. "The first thing that I made was the Hussite siege of Karlštejn. It was just a primitive drawing of Karlštejn Castle with a few Hussite soldiers around it. This was the commission. It was my cup of tea, because I come from a very patriotic family. I'm a Viennese Czech, and in my early youth I read all the works of Jirásek and all the patriotic works on this topic. The Hussites were very close to my heart." pdf
- 6.ABC mladých techniků a přírodovědců, volume 13, issue 12
- 7.Stanislav Fajkus, Papírová archeologie aneb historie vystřihovánek v ABC (6.), ABC, 26 August 2004
- 8.Commercial register at justice.cz, company number (IČ) 25101226, ERKOTYP, s.r.o., since the incorporation on 21 January 1997 is Richard Vyškovský (born 1968) co-owner and managing director of the company
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