Luděk Pešek
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Luděk Pešek | |
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| Born | 26 April 1919 |
| Died | 4 December 1999 (aged 80) Stäfa, Switzerland |
| Citizenship | Swiss |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts, Prague |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, novelist |
| Known for | Representations of astronomical subjects |
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Luděk Pešek (26 April 1919 – 4 December 1999) was a Czech artist and novelist. He was noted for his
Biography
Luděk Pešek was born in 1919 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in the city of Ostrava. His boyhood was marked by the longing for mountains, and distant lands, laying the ground for his later interest in geology and astronomy. His potential artistic and literary talents were recognized early, and encouraged by his art teacher at grammar school. It was also on that occasion, that he first had the opportunity to use an astronomical telescope. At the age of fifteen, Pešek acquired a painter's easel, and began to practice his hobby earnestly. Later, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
He produced his first art works around the age of 19. His first publications were The Moon and Planets (1963), and Our Planet Earth (1967). His work first reached US readers through the
From 1981 to 1985, he produced a series of 35 paintings on The Planet Mars, and a series of 50 paintings, Virgin Forests in the USA, one of which can be seen on the Earth page.
He produced several 360-degree panoramas for projection in the domes of the
He died in Stäfa, Switzerland.
Books in English
- The Ocean World – by Peter Ryan and Luděk Pešek – 1973 ISBN 0582153778
- The Earth is Near – 1974 ISBN 0878880666
- UFOs and Other Worlds – by Peter Ryan and Luděk Pešek – 1975 ISBN 0140610170
- An Island for Two – 1975 ISBN 0722652232
- A Beautiful, Peaceful World – by ISBN 3407805187
- Log of a Moon Expedition – 1969 ISBN 0001844555
- Trap For Perseus – 1980 ISBN 0878881603
- The Moon and the Planets – by Josef Sadil and Luděk Pešek – 1963
- Journey to the Planets – by Peter Ryan and Luděk Pešek – 1972 ISBN 0140610014
See also
References
- ISBN 3540002383
External links
- Official website
- Cramer, Noel. "The Art of Ludek Pesek" (PDF). University of Geneva. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- Cramer, Noel (2004). "Ludek Pesek's Role as Space Artist". Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library. 5: 259–272. ISBN 978-94-015-7044-2.
- Gráf, Tomáš. "Dalekohled Luďka Peška" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
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