Kamil Lhoták [SEP] place of death
Kamil Lhoták
Kamil Lhoták (25 July 1912 Prague – 22 October 1990, Prague) was a Czech painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. He was one of the members of Group 42.
Biography.
Kamil Lhoták was born on 25 July 1912 in Prague-Holešovice. His mother, Anna Kouglová, met and befriended young medical student Kamil Lhoták at the ball in Žofín. The couple never married but, they produced one child from their long-term relationship. Unequal social status and fears of damaging his
poems from the 1940s ("Sedm kantát", "Limb a jiné básně", "Ódy a variace") belong stylistically to the existentialist artistic movement of Skupina 42 of which Kolář was a member; other members included Jindřich Chalupecký, Ivan Blatný, Josef Kainar, Jiřina Hauková and Kamil Lhoták.
During the years of Stalinism in Czechoslovakia (1948-1953) Kolář wrote poetic diaries - "Očitý svědek" (Eyewitness, 1949), "Prométheova játra" (Prometheus' Liver, 1950). In 1957