Jindřich Štyrský

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Untitled piece from the needle series by Jindřich Štyrský, 1934

Jindřich Štyrský (August 11, 1899, Čermná u Kyšperka – March 21, 1942, Prague) was a Czech Surrealist painter, poet, editor, photographer, and graphic artist.

His outstanding and varied oeuvre included numerous book covers and illustrations. He also wrote studies of both Arthur Rimbaud and Marquis de Sade. He became a member of Devětsil in 1923, participating in their group exhibitions. Between 1928 and 1929 he was director of the group's drama wing, the Osvobozené divadlo, where he collaborated with Vítězslav Nezval (the dance performance of his poetry collection Abeceda) among others. Štyrský was also an active editor. In addition to his Edition 69 series, he edited the Erotická revue, which he launched in 1930, and Odeon, where many of his shorter texts appeared. He was a founding member of The Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia.