Jan Kaplický wrote a book about his father for his son

Prague - A tribute to his father, the sculptor Josef Kaplický, was written by the recently deceased architect Jan Kaplický for his son. The book "Josef and Josef" is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Zdeněk Sklenář Gallery in Prague, which will take place from March 19 to May 2.
    In collaboration with Alba Design Press, he released the book as an attachment for the weekly Respekt. Josef Kaplický's name and work are not widely known to the public; however, he has taught many renowned artists at the Prague School of Applied Arts, including his student Adriena Šimotová. "His presence at the school was itself almost a work of art. Through his student, he actually expressed himself indirectly," writes about him in the book.
    The book is conceived as a free dialogue of inspiration between grandfather and grandson, with the grandson's futuristic sketches and portraits of the father complementing a selection of the grandfather's works. Jan Kaplický and Alan Záruba, the co-author of the publication, selected a wealth of previously unpublished sketches, photographs of sculptures and plastic works, paintings, graphic and architectural designs for the book. The exhibition will employ the original concept and project that was completed at the Future Systems studio shortly before the recent sudden death of Jan Kaplický.
    The artist and teacher Josef Kaplický was born in 1899 in Vysoké Mýto. He studied at the Prague School of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts. Later, at what is now the High School of Applied Arts, he ran his own school of applied painting and glass processing, educating several generations of students (including Libenský, Roubíček, Cígler, John, Šimotová, Válová).
    Kaplický influenced many artistic fields - he was a designer, graphic artist, painter, glassmaker, and sculptor. Most of his monumental works became part of significant architectural landmarks: he designed stained glass windows for Gočár's and Wachsman's Church of St. Wenceslas in Vršovice, windows for St. George's Basilica at Prague Castle, and paving for the Zemská Bank headquarters in downtown Prague. Kaplický was a member of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists and later the Artistic Society. He died in 1962. A collection of his writings on art, "Records," was published by the High School of Applied Arts in 1998.