Vaclav cigler biography sample
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Vaclav Cigler
"I use glass as a mediator for observation and meditation," says Václav Cigler.
Vaclav cigler biography sample
From 1965 to 1979 this approach guided his teaching as head of the department of architectural glass that he had established at Bratislava art academy. Cigler has not only influenced countless students in his native country; his stylistic example has also affected generations of glass artists abroad.
Born in Vsetín in 1929, he underwent the classic Czechoslovakian training. After attending the glass school in Nový Bor, he transferred to the School of Applied Art in Prague, where he studied under Josef Kaplický from 1951 to 1957.
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Today he works as an independent artist in Prague.
Cigler acquired a reputation in the 1960s for geometrical objects made from cut solid optical glass. Light played a crucial role in these, reflected along the edges and in the fissures of the glass.
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