Švankmajerová Eva

Eva Švankmajerová (1940) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, poet and novelist. She studied at the Theater Faculty of Puppetry at AMU. From 1964 to 1968 she was a member of the group May, and since 1970 a member of the Surrealist group. She is known for her surreal paintings, books and films at home and abroad. She has collaborated on filmmaking with her husband Jan Švankmajer, as well as other directors (including Evald Schorm, Jaromil Jireš and Juraj Herz).
She illustrated the books Solomon's Rag (2002) and Wolves (2010) by František Dryje.
For her work on the films Lessons of Faust and Otesánek, she received the prestigious award Czech Lion ( Český Lev) in the category of artistic achievement, and for the film Otesánek also the award for the best film poster.
Collections: Her works are owned by the Museum of Art in Olomouc and the National Gallery in Prague.
Selected exhibitons: She has exhibited since the 1960s in Prague (Mánes, Václav Špála Gallery, New Hall), Olomouc, Hamburg, Berlin.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 3.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 1.

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Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis 2.

Evašvankmajerjan: Cadavre exquis

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus I.

Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - What we were all sitting on?

Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Table

Eva Švankmajerová, Furniture cycle - Hermaphrodite

Eva Švankmajerová, Striptease

Eva Švankmajerová, Cleaner

Eva Švankmajerová, Neither seen nor heard III.

Eva Švankmajerová, The Amazons owe me bows

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus

Eva Švankmajerová, Commerce

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 286

Eva Švankmajerová, Bandaska

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus 318

Eva Švankmajerová, The rooster scares death II.

Eva Švankmajerová, Rébus

Eva Švankmajerová, Migréna, 1996

Eva Švankmajerová, Lavička, na které se loučí celá provozovna, 1996
