Jaroslava Brychtová

Czech artist Jaroslava Brychtová (1924–2020) started experimenting with glass in the 1940s. Trained in sculpture, Brychtová began her career by working with her father, Jaroslav Brychta, who cofounded the Železný Brod Glass School in 1920. Brychtová led the architectural glass department at the school starting in 1950. She met her collaborator and future husband, Stanislav Libenský, in 1954, when he became Železný Brod’s director. Together, Brychtová and Libenský experimented with casting techniques, developing a method that allowed them to produce the monumental sculptural and architectural works for which they are known.

Works

A geometric abstract sculpture made of translucent amber and brown glass, featuring angular shapes intersecting in front of a frosted square glass panel on a flat base, set against a plain gray background.

Contacts III, 1984-1987. (a) Sculptural Part H: 121.2 cm, W: 96 cm, D: 26.2 cm; (b) Sculptural Part H: 109 cm. Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Gift in part of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser (88.3.27).

A modern glass sculpture with a flared, translucent white rim and a clear base featuring a blue, oval-shaped inclusion, displayed on a softly lit surface.

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtová, Family Eye, made at Pilchuck Glass School with the assistance of Benjamin Moore, Richard Royal, Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, 1982. Overall H: 20.5 cm, W: 28.8 cm, D: 25.2 cm. Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Gift in part of Peter and Margarete Harnisch (2001.4.22).

A translucent blue abstract sculpture with smooth, curved surfaces and a central arch-like opening, standing upright against a plain, light gray background.

Big Arcus/Arcus III, 1992-1993. Overall H: 104.1 cm; Base W: 86.2 cm, D: 16.7 cm. Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Gift of the artists (93.3.26).

Bibliography

Writings by Paul Hollister Bibliography
A magazine page featuring an article about Czech artists Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová. The text is arranged in columns with large, vertical, bold text displaying the artists' names. There is no image except text.

“Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová.” Glass, no. 56 (Summer 1994): 24–29.

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