Ivan Šnobl

Ivan Šnobl (24 January 1951 Prague) is Czech painter exhibiting in Czech republic and abroad
== Life ==
Ivan Šnobl was born in a family of a painter and teacher Jan Šnobl and a nurse Jiřina Šnoblová. His artist career started with studies on Corcoran Gallery of Art in USA (1967–1968). After his return to former Czechoslovakia he studied High School of Arts and Industrial Design in Prague (1968–1971, field of study: applied painting in architecture, scenography and commercials) and later Academy of fine Arts in Prague (1971–1976) where he studied in the studio of professor Karel Souček. During his studies he made a number of study trips to Africa (Ghana, Togo, Benin – 1974, 1975, 1976–1977). He had exhibitions in numerous galleries at home and abroad and his works are represented in National Gallery Prague, galeries in Litoměřice and Jičín, in private collections at home and abroad (e.g. Creditanstalt, Zürich Kosmos in Vienna, USA, Japan and others). Ivan Šnobl lived in Prague on Malá Strana and in recent years in the Kladno region. He has three children. 
== Work ==
During his study trips to Africa Ivan Šnobl created numerous paintings depicting local people and their daily life situations. The press especially mention the extraordinary use of colors. Ivan Šnobl has his atelier in Míšeňská street on Malá Strana in Prague and his a great admirer of Prague and the architecture of its historical center. He has created numerous paintings of original details of local streets and houses (some of them are still shown in a restaurant U Hrocha in Thunovská street). Throught his life he devoted himself to depictions of the city and of the people living in the city, the city's rush moments; the city is an unstoppable source of inspiration of ephemeral moments like randez-vous, movement, small talks, moments of stillness in the middle of a rush, observing of commercials etc. As oposed to that, his landscape painting is still, neutral, human-free. The abstract details reveal his relationship to the area of the city of Kladno where he lives now. In the last years he also experiments with Abstract art on bigger canvas.
== Exhibitions ==
=== Author ===
* 1977 Akkra, Ghana
* 1979 Ivan Šnobl: Children of Africa, Prague, Youth Gallery Mánes, December 1979 – January 1980
* 1981 Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Hanka's House
* 1981 Prague, Gallery Golden Street
* 1983 Liberec, Gallery Works
* 1983 Kladno, Česká státní spořitelna
* 1986 Prague, Kniha – Works
* 1987 Prague, Obec baráčníků malostranských
* 1987 Prague, Mladá fronta – Oldtown Square
* 1987 Liberec, Gallery Works
* 1988 Prague, Press Club
* 1988 Prague, Obec baráčníků malostranských
* 1989 Voznice, Motel Jednota
* 1989 Prague, Mladá fronta – Oldtown Square
* 1990 Havířov, Gallery Works
* 1990 Ivan Šnobl: The City, Prague, Vincenc Kramář Gallery, April – May 1990
* 1990 Hradec Králové, Gallery Works
* 1991 Salzburg, Fashion Mall
* 1991 Ivan Šnobl: Paintings, Hradec Králové, Gallery ČFVU, 8. – 17. 4. 1991
* 1992 Prague, Gallery at the Black Eagle
* 1992 Ivan Šnobl: Akademischer Maler, Vienna, Zürich Kosmos, 16. 6. – 1. 7. 1992
* 1993 Prague, Josef Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle
* 1993 Prague, Gallery at the Black Eagle
* 1993 Stadtbilder, Vienna, Creditanstalt galerie im Technische Zentrum, 4. – 28. 5. 1993
* 1993 Ivan Šnobl: Obrazy, Prague, Obec baráčníků malostranských, 22. 6. – 1. 7. 1993
* 1993 Vienna, Herwig Hadwiger
* 2011 Ivan Šnobl – 60, Prague, Josef Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, 20. 6. 2011 – 10. 7. 2011
=== Collective ===
* 1976 Youth Art, Prague, November – December 1976 
* 1979 The Fine Artist for Children, Prague, September – October 1979
* 1983 The Fine Artist for Children for Life and Peace, Prague, February – March 1983
* 1983 Salon d´automne, Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 13. 9. – 4. 11. 1983
* 1984 Contemporary Landscape, Liberec, Regional Gallery Liberec, 13. 9. – 4. 11. 1984
* 1984 Young Fine Artists of ČSR, Litoměřice, The Northbohemian Gallery of Fine Art in Litoměřice, November 1984 – January1985
* 1986 Czech Art of 20th century, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Mikolas Ales South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká nad Vltavou (AJG), 26. 4. 1986 – 30. 9. 1987
* 1988 La peinture et la sculpture aujourd´hui en Tchecoslovaque, Paris, Espace Eiffel Branly
* 1988 People - Life - Work, Prague, Mánes, 18. 2. – 3. 4. 1988
* 1988 Salon of Prague Fine Artists '88, Prague, Julius Fucik Park of Culture and Relax, 8. 7. – 7. 8. 1988
* 2006 Le sud de la France, vu par des peintres Tcheques, Prague, Gallery La Femme, opening 16. 6. 2006
* 2006 Southern France Through the Eyes of Czech Fine Artists, Prague, Gallery La Femme, 26. 10. – 10. 11. 2006
* 2006 Autumn Contemplation, Prague, Josek Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, 14. 11. – 6. 12. 2006
* 2007 Prague Moments, Prague, Josek Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, opening 14. 7. 2007
* 2007 The Woman As an Inspiration from the Work of Alfons Mucha, Prague, Josek Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, 9. 7. 2007 – 4. 9. 2007
* 2007 Christmas Favours, Prague, Josek Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, opening 11. 12. 2007 
* 2008 Salon of Kladno 2008, Kladno, Kladno Chateau Gallery , 19. 9. – 26. 10. 2008
* 2009 Woman in Motion, Prague, Gallery La Femme, opening 16. 4. 2009
* 2010 The Corners of Malá Strana, Prague, Josek Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, 11. 10. – 19. 11. 2010
* 2018 The Malá Strana Meetings, Prague, Josek Kalousek Gallery at Prague Castle, 10. 12. 2018 – 15. 1. 2019
* 2020 The Old Town Meetings, Prague, Gallery Lapidarium, 17. 12. 2020 – 26. 1. 2020
Category:1951 births
Category:20th-century Czech painters
Category:20th-century male artists
Category:Czech male painters
Category:21st-century Czech painters