Josef Svoboda was a Czech artist and scenic designer.
10 Facts About Josef Svoboda
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Josef Svoboda was a production designer and director, known for Amadey, Laterna Magika: Puzzles and Laterna Magika: Trap.
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Josef Svoboda began his training as an architect at the Central School of Housing in Prague.
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Josef Svoboda began to study scenography at the Prague Conservatory and architecture at the Academy of Applied Arts.
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Josef Svoboda became the principal designer at the Czech National Theatre in 1948 and held that position for more than 30 years.
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Josef Svoboda is responsible for introducing modern technologies and materials such as plastics, hydraulics and lasers into his designs.
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In 1967, Josef Svoboda created one of his best known special effects, a three-dimensional pillar of light.
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Josef Svoboda considered himself a scenographer rather than a designer; he chose to show a more holistic, architectural, non-naturalistic approach to design.
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Josef Svoboda was made Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in Paris in 1976, and received the French Legion of Honor in 1993.
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Josef Svoboda died in Prague, where he was buried on 15 April 2002.