Dusan Marek b. 7 March 1926

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Painter, film maker and radical Surrealist. Came to Australia as a political refugee in 1948 and through his teaching as well as his art, had a profound affect on subsequent generations of artists.
Tags: Surrealism, Film maker, Immigrant, Contemporary art, Political refugee
Name
Dusan Marek
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Screen Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Tags:
Surrealism
Film maker
Immigrant
Contemporary art
Political refugee
Birth date
7 March 1926
Birth place
Bitouchov, Northern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
Death date
9 March 1993
Death place
Eden Hills, SA, Australia
Burial place
Czechoslovakia
Death note
Ashes in forest in Bohemia, where he played as a child
Active Period
  • 1939 - 1993
Arrival
  • 29 October 1948 (Arrived on SS Charleton Sovereign)
Residence
  • c.1943 - 1948 Prague, Czech Republic
  • 1948 Refugee camp, Dillenberg, Germany (March to July)
  • 1948 Migrant camp, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
  • 1948 - 1951 Adelaide, SA
  • 1951 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1951 - 1954 Sydney, NSW
  • 1954 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (For approximately six months)
  • 1954 - 1959 Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
  • 1959 - 1963 Adelaide, SA (Living at Bonython Gallery)
  • 1963 - 1968 Sydney, NSW
  • 1969 - 1973 Adelaide, SA
  • 1973 - 1977 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1977 - 1978 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • 1979 - c.1980 Europe & North America (travel)
  • 1980 - 1981 Hobart, Tasmania
  • 1981 - 1993 Eden Hills, SA, Australia
Training
  • 1942 - School of Applied Arts, Turnov and Jablonec, North Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
  • c.1944 - 1948 Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni v Praze (Academy of Fine Arts), Prague, Czech Republic
Cultural Heritage
  • Czech
Languages
  • Czech