Štěpán Zavřel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Štěpán Zavřel

Czech animator, graphic, illustrator, painter, engraver, writer and artist

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1932

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1999

Profession: writer, animator, painter

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Štepán Zavrel (26 December 1932 – 25 February 1999) was a Czech painter, fresco creator, graphic artist, writer and one of the most influential man in the field of the children's book illustration in the 20th century. He lived and studied in Czechoslovakia until 1959, then he emigrated to Italy.
There he studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.
Afterwards he traveled through whole Europe, during this time he arranged exhibitions of his own works.
In 1968 he finally settled in Rugolo, small village in the region Veneto in Italy, where he lived until his death in 1999.
In 1971, he co-founded the Zurich-based publishing house Bohem Press with Otakar Božejovský.
Štepán Zavrel founded there The International School of Illustration which exists till now.