born 9 September 1939 in Sedlce na Benešovsku • From 1957–1963 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Professor Vlastimil Rada • From 1968 to 1969 lived on scholarships in northern France and Paris • During the period 1969–1989 was boycotted by the Communist regime as an artist and lived by restoring historic building facades • Since 1987 he has been a member of the Free Group 12/15 Better Late than Never • After 1989 he worked as the director of the Figural and Monumental Painting Atelier at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and in the School of Fine Arts at the Brno University of Technology • In 1991 he was named Professor • Died 16 April 2014 in Prague.
