Jitka Svobodová, a Czech artist who began her career as a painter before transitioning to drawings, has passed away at the age of 81. Despite being denied enrollment at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts multiple times, she eventually got in in 1961.
During the Soviet occupation, she was prohibited from exhibiting her work and instead trained as a restorer. After the fall of communism, she became the head of the drawing studio at the Academy of Fine Art.
At the time of her death, Jitka Svobodová had a retrospective at the Prague City Gallery. Her work will continue to be remembered and celebrated for years to come.