Hi Norman,
Pospichal was one of a number of eminent Czech glass artists, including Libensky and Roubicek, who went to the various factories and glass schools in Novy Bor and Kamenicky Senov, following the Benes Decree expulsions, to assist in the re-opening, and re-vitalisation of the glass industry.
He is not dis-regarded, merely that books such as the Helmut Ricke-edited "Czech Glass 1945-1980: Design in an Age of Adversity", the first English language text to truly examine the subject in depth, could not possibly have included every artist in glass.
Thus it it is not that he is unimportant, merely that he, like many other artists, (and let's face it, few countries have had over 150 top-flight glass designers,) was unfortunately not selected. It is a reflection, perhaps, of how under-rated cut and engraved glass as an subject area is. I am still, after three years, perplexed by the absence of Ivan Kolman, from the Ricke book, surely one of the finest cutters of the period.
Maybe someone, some day, will write a history of communist-era cut and engraved glass. I hope so.
Regards,
Marcus