Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:17:43 +0200https://english.radio.cz/inside-atelier-twin-sister-dames-czech-culture-jitka-and-kveta-valova-8137379© 2026 Radio Prague International Twin sisters Jitka and Květa Válová, named “Dames of Czech Culture” in memorandum this week, were once described by a Communist zealot as an “ulcer on the red face of Kladno”, the industrial Bohemian city of their birth. They rejected the dominant Socialist Realism aesthetic of the 1950s, preferring more abstract and expressive work, long sealing their pariah status. They responded by turning their shared home and atelier into a salon for free thinkers. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/valova_jitka_atelier.jpg?timestamp=1668516008 https://english.radio.cz/inside-atelier-twin-sister-dames-czech-culture-jitka-and-kveta-valova-8137379 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9