Renáta Fučíková | |
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![]() Renáta Fučíková, 2018 | |
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Nationality | Czech |
Known for | book illustration |
Renáta Fučíková (born 3 January 1964) is a Czech book illustrator, artist and writer. She is best known for her works for children and youth about Czech and European history.
Renáta Fučíková was born on 3 January 1964, in Prague. [1] [2] In 1988, she graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she focused on illustration and applied graphics. [3] [4]
Fučíková started her career in the 1990s with illustrations for classic children's books, such as works by brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen [3] or Oscar Wilde, [2] then changed her focus to stories about Czech history, citing her son's ongoing education as a source of motivation. [3] In 1998, one of her books was included in the IBBY Honour List. [2] She also won the first prize at the illustration biennale in Tehran. [2] [3]
In the 2000s, Fučíková collaborated with the writer Alena Ježková on various publications concerning Czech history, such as books on Bohemian and Moravian legends or on Charles IV. [3] Her biggest undertaking in the field of history was illustrating five-hundred pages long Historie Evropy ("History of Europe") written by Daniela Krolupperová and published in 2011. [3] With the same author, Fučíková also prepared two history exercise books. [3] The illustrator also designed a variety of stamps for the Česká pošta. [2] [3]
Fučíková won a number of prizes, including the Zlatá stuha (Golden Ribbon) awards for illustrations in a work on Tomáš Masaryk (2006) and in Příběhy českých knížat a králů (2007), and went on to win three more of these awards in the 2010s. [3] In 2011, Fučíková was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. [3] Three years later, her Hus a Chelčický, a book for older children about Jan Hus and Petr Chelčický which she both wrote and illustrated, won the Association of Czech Graphic Artists HOLLAR award for illustrations. [5] Fučíková was also nominated three times for the Magnesia Litera awards. [6]
In 2016, Fučíková became the head of the Studio of Didactic Illustration at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia. [4]
Fučíková is a member of the Czech section of IBBY and of Klub ilustrátorů. [2] She was part of the international jury of the 2021 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava. [4]
Renáta Fučíková | |
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![]() Renáta Fučíková, 2018 | |
Born | |
Nationality | Czech |
Known for | book illustration |
Renáta Fučíková (born 3 January 1964) is a Czech book illustrator, artist and writer. She is best known for her works for children and youth about Czech and European history.
Renáta Fučíková was born on 3 January 1964, in Prague. [1] [2] In 1988, she graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she focused on illustration and applied graphics. [3] [4]
Fučíková started her career in the 1990s with illustrations for classic children's books, such as works by brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen [3] or Oscar Wilde, [2] then changed her focus to stories about Czech history, citing her son's ongoing education as a source of motivation. [3] In 1998, one of her books was included in the IBBY Honour List. [2] She also won the first prize at the illustration biennale in Tehran. [2] [3]
In the 2000s, Fučíková collaborated with the writer Alena Ježková on various publications concerning Czech history, such as books on Bohemian and Moravian legends or on Charles IV. [3] Her biggest undertaking in the field of history was illustrating five-hundred pages long Historie Evropy ("History of Europe") written by Daniela Krolupperová and published in 2011. [3] With the same author, Fučíková also prepared two history exercise books. [3] The illustrator also designed a variety of stamps for the Česká pošta. [2] [3]
Fučíková won a number of prizes, including the Zlatá stuha (Golden Ribbon) awards for illustrations in a work on Tomáš Masaryk (2006) and in Příběhy českých knížat a králů (2007), and went on to win three more of these awards in the 2010s. [3] In 2011, Fučíková was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. [3] Three years later, her Hus a Chelčický, a book for older children about Jan Hus and Petr Chelčický which she both wrote and illustrated, won the Association of Czech Graphic Artists HOLLAR award for illustrations. [5] Fučíková was also nominated three times for the Magnesia Litera awards. [6]
In 2016, Fučíková became the head of the Studio of Didactic Illustration at the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia. [4]
Fučíková is a member of the Czech section of IBBY and of Klub ilustrátorů. [2] She was part of the international jury of the 2021 Biennial of Illustration Bratislava. [4]