Eva Bednářová (8 May 1937 – 6 December 1986) was a Czech printmaker and illustrator.

Born in Prague,[1] Bednářová was a graduate of the University of Applied Arts in that city. Throughout her career she produced illustrations for more than 40 books over three decades.[2] Her illustrations for Chinese Fairy Tales by Dana and Milada Šťovíčková won the Grand Prix at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1969.[1] Two of her prints are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art;[3][4] she is also represented in the collection of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.[2]

Select Bibliography edit

  • Hermína Frankova, Blázni a Pythagoras. Dívčí román. (Ilustrovala Eva Bednářová.). Praha, 1966.
  • Olga Scheinpflugová, Pohádky. (ilustrovala Eva Bednářová). Praha : Mladá fronta, 1971
  • Dana and Milada Št́ovíčková (retold by) and translated into English by Alice Denešová , Chinese Fairy Tales. (illustrated by Eva Bednářová). Feltham : Hamlyn, 1969.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Knižnica - Bibiana, verzia 0.1". lib.bibiana.sk. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "| University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art". Stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  3. ^ "Bez názvu (Untitled)". www.nga.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Favor". www.nga.gov. Retrieved May 21, 2019.