Václav Cigler
Illustration — piramide architettonica, 1994. Václav Cigler (21 April 1929 – 8 January 2026) was a Czech glass sculptor. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Czech Design in 2018 and awarded the State Prize from the Czech Ministry of Culture in 2019.
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Václav Cigler
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- Name
- Václav Cigler
- Born
- 21 April 1929
- Birthplace
- Vsetín, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 8 January 2026
- Education
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Known for
- Sculptor
- Nationality
- Czech Republic · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- sculptor · architect · teacher · jewelry designer · jeweler · artist
- Fields
- art of sculpture · education · visual arts · literature
- Honours
- honorary citizenship · Cena ministerstva kultury za přínos v oblasti výtvarného umění
- Languages
- Czech
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Illustration — piramide architettonica, 1994. Václav Cigler (21 April 1929 – 8 January 2026) was a Czech glass sculptor. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Czech Design in 2018 and awarded the State Prize from the Czech Ministry of Culture in 2019.
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Cigler died on 8 January 2026, at the age of 96.
Václav Cigler studied at Masarykovo gymnázium, SZdrŠ a VOŠ zdravotnická and Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture, education and visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bratislava. Work by Václav Cigler is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Den Bosch, The Badisches Landesmuseum, Corning Museum of Glass and Dallas Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are honorary citizenship and Cena ministerstva kultury za přínos v oblasti výtvarného umění.
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• Name — Václav Cigler • Born — 21 April 1929 • Birthplace — Vsetín, Czechoslovakia • Died — 8 January 2026 • Education — Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague • Known for — Sculptor
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1929
Václav Cigler born at Vsetín.
2026
Václav Cigler died.
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