Vincenc Makovský, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vincenc Makovský

Czech sculptor

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1900

Place of Birth: Nové Město na Moravě, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1966

Profession: painter, pedagogue, sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Vincenc Makovský (3 June 1900 – 28 December 1966) was an avant-garde Czech sculptor and industrial designer.
He was born in Nové Mesto na Morave and died in Brno.
He was a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, but was not active with the group for long.
He founded the School of Arts in Zlín in 1940.
In 1941 he designed the first Czech radial drilling machine, known as the VR8.