Chrudos Valousek

Chrudoš Valoušek

Olomouc, 1960
Illustrator

After completing his studies at the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Uherské Hradiště, Chrudoš Valoušek graduated in monumental painting from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM) in 1979–1985. Since then, he has worked variously as a stoker, security guard, restorer, and repository manager. A master of linocut, he is a recipient of the Řádu staré hrmy BKS (the BKS Order of Old Junk),  a laureate of the Revolver Revue Award, and the first-ever award dedicated to linocut at the Graphic of the Year event. He is renowned for both his illustrations and his free linocut art, as well as his unique diary entries.

His literary works include Události, komentáře (1960–2020) (Events, Commentary), Puppet, Plum Pit, Plum, And Back to Puppet (Vojtěch Mašek, 2019), Valouškova zvířátka (2014) (Valoušek's Animals), Chrudošův zvěřinec (2014) (Chrudoš's Menagerie), Zazi v metru) (Zazie in the Metro) (Raymond Queneau, 2010), Žaloudění v Kundibále (J. Z. Lévi-Ostrowid, 2010), Chrudošův mix přísloví (2008) (Chrudoš's Mix of Proverbs), O zlaté mrkvi (2003) (The Golden Carrot). His book Puppet, Plum Pit, Plum, And Back to Puppet won the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Award 2019 for Fiction, as well as the esteemed Dutch Zilveren penseel (Silver Brush) award.

Chrudoš Valoušek

Ilustrace knih

BAOkolektiv
Illustration
Stanislav Setinský
Juraj Horváth
Jan Čumlivski
Alžběta Zemanová
Michaela Kukovičová
Chrudoš Valoušek
Eva Maceková
Petr Šmalec
Markéta Šimková
Dora Dutková
Radana Přenosilová
Tereza Říčanová
CZK330
BAOkolektiv
Illustration
Darja Čančíková Bogdanová
Dora Dutková
Juraj Horváth
Michaela Kukovičová
Eva Maceková
Radana Přenosilová
Alžběta Skálová
Petr Šmalec
Dagmar Urbánková
Chrudoš Valoušek
Eva Volfová
CZK299
BAOkolektiv
Illustration
Blexbolex
Juraj Horváth
Iwona Chmielewska
Michaela Kukovičová
Franziska Neubert
Magdalena Rutová
Tereza Říčanová
Alžběta Skálová
Dagmar Urbánková
Chrudoš Valoušek
Eva Volfová
Alžběta Zemanová
CZK280