The Gallery of Everything
4 Chiltern Street, London W1
 
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JAN KŘÍŽEK
1919-1985 (Czechoslovakia)

BIOGRAPHY
Although he had studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Prague, Křížek was primarily a self-taught polymath, whose primitivist stone sculptures were reminiscent of the ancient artefacts he admired. His inclusion by Michel Tapié in the first exhibition at le Foyer d’Art Brut led to a second solo show, respect from leading artists and critics, and multiple collaborations and commissions. In 1962 Křížek retired to become a beekeeper.