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Dr. Fischer - Fine Art Auctions
Elbinger Straße 11
74078 Heilbronn
Germany
Tel.: +49 7131 15557 - 0
Fax: +49 7131 15557 - 20
E-Mail: info@auctions-fischer.de
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(Prag, Czech Republic 1936; lives in Prag, Czech Republic)
Education
1951-53 | Primary School of Glass-making, Nový Bor, got his apprenticeship in the area of glass painting |
1953-56 | Technical College of Glass-making, Železný Brod |
1956-62 | Academy of Applied Arts |
1977 | He founded his own glass studio |
Exhibitions (Selection)
1965 | Museum of Glass and Jewellery, Jablonec nad Nisou, “International Exhibition of Glass and Jewellery” Victoria & Albert Museum, London, “Bohemian Glass |
1969 | Mánes, Prague, “50 years of Czech Applied and Industrial Art ”, catalogue – text by K. Hetteš Österreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Wien, Teheran, Wroclaw, Budapest, “50 years of Czech Applied and Industrial Art” |
1973 | Regional Museum, Hradec Králové, “Jaroslav Svoboda – František Vízner – Glass” Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, “Bohmisches Glas der Gegenwart” |
1975 | Halles de la Salle des Congres, Nanterre, “Art Tchecoslovaque Contemporain” UNESCO, Paris, “La Verre de Bohéme – P. Hlava, V. Jelínek, F. Vízner” |
1979 | Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, “Tschechoslowakische Glaskunst Heute – F. Vízner, V. Jelínek, I. Rozsypal” Galerie Karolina, Praha, “František Vízner – Glass” Exempla, Munchen, “Arbeit und Lebensform im Kunsthandwerk”, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, “New Glass – A Worldwide Survey” |
1980 | Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, “Licht, Form, Gestalt” |
1986 | The Oakland Museum, Oakland, “American and European Glass from the Saxe Collection” American Craft Museum, New York |
1987 | The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, “Thirty Years of New Glass 1957-1987” The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, reinstallation Regional Museum, Vsetín, “F. Vízner - Glass, Z. Hajný – Painting” |
1994 | Galerie Art du Verre, Luxembourg, “Les Createurs de Bohéme” Habatat Gallery, Pontiac, “Contemporary Masterworks of Glass – Auction” The World Financial Centre, New York, “Prague Celebrate in New York” |
2003 | International Craft Fair EXEMPLA, Munich National Gallery in Prague, Art&Design Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Ghent, Belgium |
2005 | Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Masters of European Glassmaking: Frantisek Vizner – A retrospective exhibition |
2006 | Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, Emergence: Early American Studio Glass and Its Influences 1964 – 1989 |
Awards (Selection)
1974 The First Quadrennial of Fine Art Erfurt, awarded main prize for a set of cut glass
1978 International Craft Fair EXEMPLA, Munich, Gold Medal ·
1978 Bavarian National Prize