Vojtěch Kubašta (1914, in Vienna – 1992) was a Czech architect and artist. He created pop-up books. Vojtěch Robert Vladimír Kubašta was born in Vienna. His family moved to Prague when he was four years old and he lived there his entire life. He demonstrated his artistic talent at the age of four. He had a great desire to become an artist. His father, however, had different goals for his son. He wanted him to study law. Nevertheless, the young Vojtěch persisted with his aspiration to become an artist and, eventually, his father agreed that his son could become an architect. The study of archite
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Vojtěch Kubašta (1914, in Vienna – 1992) was a Czech architect and artist. He created pop-up books. Vojtěch Robert Vladimír Kubašta was born in Vienna. His family moved to Prague when he was four years old and he lived there his entire life. He demonstrated his artistic talent at the age of four. He had a great desire to become an artist. His father, however, had different goals for his son. He wanted him to study law. Nevertheless, the young Vojtěch persisted with his aspiration to become an artist and, eventually, his father agreed that his son could become an architect. The study of architecture, at that time, was considered more of an artistic undertaking than a technical discipline. Some of the great Czech master painters, graphic artists, and illustrators were lecturing at the Polytech University in Prague. Kubašta graduated with a degree in architecture and civil engineering in 1938. His career as a professional architect was short. From the early 1940s, he worked as a commercial artist, and also as a book designer. His illustrations became increasingly popular. When the communist government nationalised the entire publishing industry in 1948, Kubašta had to search for new venues to market his…
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External links Voitech Kubasta: Pop-Up Innovator, University of Virginia Library Exhibit: "Pop Goes the Page: Movable and Mechanical Books from the Brenda Forman Collection", 12 May - 18 August 2000. Gloria in excelsis deo. Illustrated by Vojtěch Kubašta. Czechoslovakia: c. 1960 at Smithsonian Libraries. Movable Book Society - 10th Anniversary Book POP-UPS and other Illustrated Books, Ephemera and Graphic Designs of Vojtěch Kubašta, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Broward County Library
