Daniel Ignác Trubač | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Czech |
Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts, Prague |
Notable work | The Crown of St. Agnes of Bohemia Reliquary of Pope John Paul II The plaque of Otto Wichterle and Hana Wichterlová |
Website | http://trubacdaniel.cz |
Daniel Ignác Trubač (born 23 January 1969) is a Czech academic sculptor and medalist. He is best known for his sculpture of The Crown of St. Agnes of Bohemia, which was moved to St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City on request of Pope Francis. [1]
Trubač was born in Tábor. Until the age of 15 he lived in Nýrsko in the Bohemian Forest, then in 1983 he moved to Uherské Hradiště to study industrial design at the Secondary School of Applied Arts. His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father was a maker of eyeglasses in the company Okula Nýrsko.
In 1992 he lived in Belgium on a study stay at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. In 1994 he graduated from the atelier of figural sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. [2]
Currently, he lives and works in his atelier and foundry in Polešovice. He has four children. [3]
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