Jaroslav Róna

Jaroslav Róna (born 27 April 1957 in Prague-Letná) is a Czech-Jewish^[1] sculptor, painter, actor, educator, and writer.^[2]

Jaroslav Róna

Works

• Franz Kafka - bronze statue on Dušní Street (Holy Spirit Street), historic Jewish Quarter, Prague;^[3] inspired by the events in the Description of a Struggle^[2]
• The Angel Award statuette (an angel playing horn) ^[4]
• The Komerční banka Award statuette^[5]
• Book, Umanuté kresby, Praha: Torst, 2002, ISBN 80-7215-173-8

Gallery

• 
  Franz Kafka - statue in Prague
• 
  Dítě z Marsu (Child from Mars - 2003)
• 
  Sephia, Cheb, Czech Republic

References

1. Mysliveček, Josef H. "Jaroslav Róna: Genius loci je na Žižkově stále přítomen" (PDF). Radniční noviny městské části Praha 3. No. 7–8 2022. p. 14-17.
2. "Jaroslav Róna website". Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
3. "Eighty years after his death, Franz Kafka finally has a statue in Prague", Pavla Horáková, 09-01-2004, a Czech Radio webpage
4. History of the Angel Award Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech)
5. 'Umělecké ztvárnění ceny KB pro Národní divadlo vytvořil akad. malíř a sochař Jaroslav Róna (in Czech)' Archived 2014-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011 March 30

External links

• Videoreport with Jaroslav Róna on Artycok.TV
• Artist Jaroslav Róna ARTLIST- database of contemporary Czech art