Zemřela významná česká keramička Jindřiška Radová translates to The significant Czech ceramic artist Jindřiška Radová has passed away

Prague - At the age of 96, the ceramic artist Jindřiška Radová passed away today. In addition to sculptures and reliefs, she also engaged in applied arts. She collaborated with her husband, Pravoslav Rada, on several architectural projects. In her last years, she focused primarily on creating porcelain reliefs predominantly featuring landscape themes. Her family informed the ČTK about the artist's death.

Radová initially worked with painted majolica. She enriched Czech free ceramic sculpture with a vast range of glazes on porcelain sculptures and stoneware objects with plant and animal motifs that were unique in Bohemia at that time. Later, she also engaged in applied arts and collaborated with the Karlovarský porcelán company, a branch of Royal Dux in Duchcov. Her designs for small items, bowls, plates, or vases entered thousands of households.

Radová's work was awarded gold medals at the International Exhibition of Ceramics in Prague in 1962 and at the International Biennale of Ceramics in Vallauris in 1972. She also participated in the World Exhibition Expo 58 in Brussels with her work.

Jindřiška Radová was born on April 1, 1925, in Libkov in the Chrudim region but lived and worked in Prague. From 1941 to 1944, she studied at the School of Applied Arts in Brno and from 1945 to 1950 at the Academy of Art, Architecture, and Design in Prague. She became a member of the Artistic Society, the Association of Visual Artists - Ceramists, and the International Academy of Ceramics (AIC) based in Geneva.

Since 1950, she exhibited independently and with her husband, Pravoslav Rada, in forty galleries at home and abroad. Her work is represented in private and public collections, with her pieces held by the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava and museums in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France.