Libenský / Brychtová
Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová are amongst the most famous artists working sculpturally with glass.
Their works are included in many major modern art collections, for example, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Victoria & Albert Museum as well as regularly displaying their pieces at other temporary exhibitions.[1]
Jaroslava, an educated sculptor (and daughter of the glass artist Jaroslav Brychta), and Stanislav, originally a painter, later a glass artist and a leading figure at glass school in Nový Bor[1], headmaster of the glass school in Železný Brod[2] and VŠUP [3] professor, first met in 1954, when Jaroslava asked Stanislav to let her sculpt one of his paintings. Their artistic infatuation soon led to a closer relationship and in 1963 they married, and worked together until Libenský's death on February 24, 2002. Mr. Libenský painted and sketched the designs, and Ms. Brychtová made clay sculptures from his designs. Master craftsmen followed with plaster moulds that were filled with glass shards and fired: heated for two or three days and slowly cooled for as long as a month. The final phase is polishing and possibly slightly improving the resulting shape. Since Libenský's death, Ms. Brychtová has continued to produce castings. [2]
Their work, instantly recognisable, is characterised by simple block shapes infused with subtle colour and nuances.
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