Miloslav Janků Purple Alexandrite Glass Hedgehog Paperweight Figurine MCM EUC

RARE FUN FIND! MID CENTURY PURPLE HEDGEHOG ART GLASS CRYSTAL PAPERWEIGHT FIGURINE MILOSLAV JANKŮ Approximate Size: Height 4.5cm Width 6cm Length 10cm THE GLASS SCULPTURES OF MILOSLAV JANKŮ FOR ŽELEZNÝ BROD SKLO Miloslav Janků was born on April 4, 1916 in Úpice, Semily and lived there from eleven to sixty years old, when he moved to Železný Brod. From 1931 to 1934 he attended glass school in the glass painting and etching department of Professor Zdeněk Juna. After graduating he was accepted to the State School of Applied Arts in Prague, where from 1934 to 1939 he studied at the studio of Professor František Kysela. Professor Juna left the glass school because he became the director of the jewelery school in Turnov. He recommended his pupil, and now a graduate of the Arts and Crafts School, as his successor. Janků stayed at the school until 1952, when he had to leave for political reasons. In 1956 he became an employee of Železný Brod glass.