From La Fontaine to Livingstone – Adolf Born

Czech artist Adolf Born is a renowned graphic artist, illustrator, caricaturist, and filmmaker. Born is a pioneer of Czech graphic art, having created countless book illustrations and films, held numerous exhibitions, and won a multitude of awards throughout his career. Adolf Born’s graphic art exhibition From La Fontaine to Livingstone is on display at the Poriginal Gallery from January 6 to January 23, 2007.

Adolf Born was born on June 12, 1930, in the city of České Velenice. In 1935, his family moved to Prague. From 1950 to 1955, he studied at the Prague School of Applied Arts, specializing in caricature and newspaper illustration.

Initially, Born gained fame as a cartoonist, publishing humorous illustrations in major magazines and participating in group and caricature exhibitions, where he won prestigious awards. In 1974, he was named Cartoonist of the Year in Montreal, Canada. Since the 1960s, his works have been showcased in group and joint exhibitions worldwide.

When censorship in 1973 prevented Adolf Born from publishing his caricatures, he devoted most of his time to animated films, book illustrations, and graphic art. He blended graphics with comics and reached a new level of artistic expression. His cosmopolitan humor, themes rooted in his own country’s history, and the special world of animal characters he created made him internationally renowned.

In Born’s works, fantasy worlds and human and animal characters come together. In addition to his other works, he has also created several ex libris pieces.

This exhibition at the Poriginal Gallery is organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

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