He was active freemason of masonic lodge Josef Dobrovský in Plzeň.[2]
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Skupa performed satiric and allegorical puppet plays on hundreds of stages all over Czechoslovakia. After 1945, he moved his theatre to Prague. He was praised as an official "national artist" during the Communist regime but he was criticised for his lack of political engagement. Therefore, Skupa focused on plays for children, and mime with puppets for adults. He also performed abroad (Great Britain, Poland, France, Hungary, USSR).[1]
His wife was a puppeteer Jiřina Skupová (born Schwarzová). [3]
^Vaindl, Ladislav (25 October 2022). "K zednářům v Plzni patřili loutkář Josef Skupa i vynálezce František Křižík". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
josef, skupa, january, 1892, strakonice, january, 1957, prague, czech, puppeteer, spejbl, hurvínek, monument, plzeňrailcar, nicknamed, hurvínek, studied, academy, arts, architecture, design, prague, worked, stage, designer, plzeň, city, theatre, also, designer. Josef Skupa 16 January 1892 in Strakonice 8 January 1957 in Prague was a Czech puppeteer Spejbl and Hurvinek Monument in PlzenRailcar M 131 nicknamed Hurvinek He studied at the Academy of Arts Architecture and Design in Prague 1 and worked as stage designer in the Plzen City Theatre also as designer in Skoda Engineering Works 1 In year 1919 and 1926 respectively he created his most famous puppets comical father Spejbl and his rascal son Hurvinek In 1930 he set up the first citation needed modern professional puppet theatre 1 In 1933 he became the president of the International Puppetry Association UNIMA 1 He was active freemason of masonic lodge Josef Dobrovsky in Plzen 2 During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia Skupa performed satiric and allegorical puppet plays on hundreds of stages all over Czechoslovakia After 1945 he moved his theatre to Prague He was praised as an official national artist during the Communist regime but he was criticised for his lack of political engagement Therefore Skupa focused on plays for children and mime with puppets for adults He also performed abroad Great Britain Poland France Hungary USSR 1 His wife was a puppeteer Jirina Skupova born Schwarzova 3 The grave in PlzenReferences edit a b c d e Abecedni slovnik Vaindl Ladislav 25 October 2022 K zednarum v Plzni patrili loutkar Josef Skupa i vynalezce Frantisek Krizik iDNES cz in Czech Retrieved 21 September 2023 filmovyprehled czExternal links editOfficial webpage of Theatre of Spejbl and Hurvinek nbsp This Czech biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Josef Skupa amp oldid 1180703269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
