Jindřich Štyrský
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Jindřich Štyrský was a Czech Surrealist painter, poet, editor, photographer and graphic artist.
Štyrský in 1930
Vítězslav Nezval
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Vítězslav Nezval was a Czech poet, writer and translator. He was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in the first half of the 20th century and a co-founder of the Surrealist movement in
Jindřich Štyrský
…their own movement, Artificialism. Between 1928 and 1929 he was designer for the group's drama wing, the Osvobozené divadlo, where he collaborated with Vítězslav Nezval and others. Štyrský was also an active editor. In addition to his Edition 69 series, he edited the Erotická revue, which he launched in 1930, and Odeon…
French poet Philippe Soupault and Nezval in 1928
Memorial plaque on the house where he died in 1958