Silhouettes of famous Czechs
I’m Czech and these people make me proud to be Czech. The rich history, culture, and contributions to art & science by Czechs are not so well known in America.

“Czech Luminaries: Silhouettes by Hana Shannon”
Gallery of the Czech Center New York
24 JAN 2024 – 14 MAR 2024

Jiří Sopko
Artist
2024
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Jaroslav Ježek
Composer and pianist
2024
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Věra Bílá
Singer
2024
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Yemi A.D.
Choreographer
2023
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Otto Wichterle
Chemist, scientist
2024
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Věra Čáslavská
Gymnast
2022
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Miloš Forman
Film director
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Milada Horáková
Politician
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

TGM
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Founder and first President of Czechoslovakia in 1918
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Antonín Dvořák
Composer
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Madeleine Albright
Politician. First female United States Secretary of State
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Jan Zrzavý
Artist
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Martina Navrátilová
Tennis player
2021
Acrylic on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Václav Havel
President of the Czech Republic
2020
Oil on canvas
50” x 50” (127 cm x 127 cm)

Franz Kafka
Writer
2020
Oil on canvas
50” x 50” (150cm x 150cm)

Milan Kundera
Writer
2020
Oil on canvas
50” x 50” (150cm x 150cm)

Jan Zrzavý, Artist
2021
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Jan Zrzavý, Artist
2021
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Jiří Trnka, Puppet-maker, illustrator, film director
2021
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Václav Havel 2020
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Karel Čapek, Writer
2020
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Bohumil Hrabal, Writer
2020
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Miloš Forman, Film director
2020
Acrylic on wood
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm)

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Founder and first President of Czechoslovakia in 1918
2019
Acrylic on wood
8” x 8” (20cm x 20cm)

Kim Nowak, Movie star
2019
Acrylic on wood
8” x 8” (20cm x 20cm)

Emmy Destinn, Opera singer
2019
Acrylic on wood
8” x 8” (20 cm x 20cm)

Jaromír Jágr, Hockey player
2019
Acrylic on wood
8” x 8” (20cm x 20cm)

Martina Navrátilová, Tennis player
2019
Acrylic on wood
8” x 8“ (20cm x 20cm)

Martina Navrátilová
