Zdeněk Sýkora, Czech father of geometrical painting, dies aged 91

Sýkora arrived at his style of geometry after recording computer-generated data on canvas in the form of lines following exact rules

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Brian Kenety | 13.07.2011

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Zdeněk Sýkora with his wife Lenka in 2006

Czech painter Zdeněk Sýkora, known for his geometrical paintings and for being among the first artists to use computers in his work, has died aged 91, in Louny, the northern Bohemian city in which he was born. He was among the few contemporary Czech artists well known abroad, and his works are included in permanent art collections such as in the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the MUMOK in Vienna.

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