Štěpán Zavřel: the artist
Štěpán Zavřel was born in Prague in 1932, yet he lived in Rugolo di Sàrmede from 1968 until the day he passed away in February 1999.He was one of the most important and representative illustrators of the European arena in the last thirty years.
A versatile artist with an extraordinary inventive skill, architecture, decoration, scenography and creating frescoes which even today still adorn the streets of Sàrmede. He co-conceived the idea for the le immagini della fantasia Exhibition and founded the International School of Illustration; Štěpán Zavřel dedicated his whole life to art and illustration leaving behind him a wealth of creativity which even today continues to generate new ideas and projects.
Sàrmede has dedicated a Museum and a square to him, and year after year carries on developing its project centred on the art of illustrating children’s books and the training of young professionals.
