Designer · Czechoslovakia · 1922–2018
René Roubíček
René Roubíček (1922–2018) – Czech glass artist from Prague, Grand Prix winner at Expo 58, creator of glass installations and hot-glass objects.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1922–2018
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
René Roubíček was born in Prague in 1922 and died there in 2018. He studied at UMPRUM in Prague in the studio of J. V. Holeček (until 1944), and in Josef Kaplický’s studio in 1949–1950. His glass installation at Expo 58 in Brussels won the Grand Prix. In 1966, he created columns for the São Paulo Biennial; he also took part in Expo 67, and at Expo 70 in Osaka he presented the “Cloud” fountain. In the 1970s, he collaborated with Beránek glassworks in Škrdlovice. He received the Czechoslovak State Prize (1967), the Bavarian State Prize (1969 and 2008), and a place in the Czech Grand Design Hall of Fame (2007). His works are held, among others, in the collections of Prague’s UPM.
