Nadezda Pliskova Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1934 - d. 1999

Nadežda Plíšková (6 November 1934 – 16 September 1999) was a Czech graphic artist, sculptor, and poet. A native of Rozdelov, Kladno, Plíšková was interested in art from childhood, beginning her studies at the High School of Applied Arts in 1950. After graduation in 1954 she moved to the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, where she studied with Vladimír Silovský [cs]; she continued working with Karel Soucek [cs] until graduating in 1961. A scholarship took her to the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig from 1958 until 1959; in 1968 and 1969 she was studying in Stuttgart. She exhibited widely at home and abroad, both alone and alongside her husband, Karel Nepraš [cs]. In 1982 she suffered a serious spinal injury. Plíšková's work was frequently large in scale, and was at various times influenced by elements of surrealism, pop art, and realism. One of her prints is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.