Stanislav Hanzík
a contemporary Czech sculptor
Portraits
Stanislav Hanzík is a renowned portraitist of prominent Czech and international personalities from the fine arts, science, architecture, literature, and other fields. Among them, we can find Mother Teresa, Alfons Mucha, Bohumil Hrabal, Josef Sudek, Jaroslav Seifert, Bedrich Smetana, Bozena Nemcova, Karel Hynek Macha, Josef Sudek, Karel Hasler, and many others. The sculptor's portraits of bronze, tin, or stone can be found in public places in Prague and other Czech cities as well as in the interiors of the Czech National Theatre, the Czech National Gallery, the Czech embassies in New York and Paris, among others.
Many of the portrayed personalities sat directly as models in the artist's studio in Neruda street below the Prague Castle - such as photographer Josef Sudek, actors Rudolf Hrušínský, Josef Kemr, Vlastimil Brodsky, and Josef Vinklar, neurosurgeon Zdenek Kunc, painter Josef Istler, writer Bohumil Hrabal, architect Jaroslav Fragner, painter and graphic artist Josef Liesler, and others.
Portraits of family members are rare. They include the artist's mother Karla, whom he realized during his studies at the Czechoslovak Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and his wife Kveta in her 30-ties.
bronze, 70 cm, 2005, the church of Francis of Assisi, Chodov, Praha A Nobel-Prize winning Roman Catholic Religious Sister and missionary of Kosovo Albanian origin who lived for most of her life in India. Received a Nobel Prize. 1910-1997
bronze, 55 cm, private collection A Czech composer (1824-1884)
clay model, 100 cm, 2003, Artist's studio in Neruda Street, Prague Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 1684 - 1738) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area.
bronze, 70 cm "Pani Bozena – Doloroza", A Czech writer of romantism. She was an important person of the Czech National Revival movement. (1820-1862)
plaster, 60 cm A Czech writer (1914-1997)
bronze/granite, 50/300 cm The monument in Kralupy nad Vltavou A Nobel Prize–winning Czech writer, poet and journalist (1901-1986)
bronze/granite, 50/300 cm The monument in Kralupy nad Vltavou A Nobel Prize–winning Czech writer, poet and journalist (1901-1986)
bronze, 70 cm A Czech romantic poet (1810-1836)
terracotta, 40 cm the artist's wife Kveta (1931-2012)
bronz, 20 cm, privat collection the artist's mother (1908-1986)
bronze, 60 cm A Czech writer and sculptor (1929-2008)
tin, 55 cm, private collection A Czech painter and a graphic artist (1919-2000)
bronze, 63 cm, Czech National Theater, Prague A Czech actor (1902-1975)
clay studie, An engineer and entrepreneur from Bohemia. He foundet one of the largest industiel companies, the ČKD, that carries his name. (1862-1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp)
bronze, 55 cm A Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (1924-1999)
bronze, 50 cm, foyer of the Czech National Theater A Czech actor (1920 - 1994)
bronze, 55 cm A Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist (1924-1999)
tin, 50 cm A Czech architect (1898-1967)
bronze, 50 cm A Czech painter and graphic artist (*1926)
Tin, 45 cm, London Society of Portrait Sculptors A Czech writer (1914-1997)
bronze, 45 cm A Czech painter (1906 - 1980 Praha)
bronze, 60 cm, Malenice, CZ A Czech architect and engineer best known for two neo-Renaissance landmarks in Prague, the National Theater and the Rudolfinum (1832-1909)