Pilsen gallery receives 66 works by renowned Czech artist Jiří Kolář

The West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen has received a collection of 66 works by world-renowned Czech writer, poet, and artist Jiří Kolář (1914-2002). The collages, created using various techniques, span the author’s career from the 1950s to the 1990s.

The collection was acquired directly from Kolář in the late 1990s by Zdeněk Valeš, the former director of the regional energy company Západočeská energetika, who visited Kolář in his Paris apartment. The works have now been donated to the gallery by ČEZ.