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Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: michael segal on November 22, 2005, 01:49:15 PM

Is there a website dedicated to Frantisek Vízner work  can anyone please  point me in the right direction  :?:
michael segal

Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: Sklounion on November 22, 2005, 08:29:16 PM

Hi Michael,
What is it you are looking for?
Regards,
Le Casson

Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: Frank on May 11, 2006, 10:32:13 AM

A good place to start:
http://www.ysartglass.com/zdbk/Sklounion/index.htm

Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: MarkHill on May 13, 2006, 12:30:10 PM

Hi there,
I bought a great book in the US when I was there last - it's called 'Frantisek Vizner' and covers pretty well his whole oeuvre (altho it's not a catalogue raisonee) up until 2001. It was published for an exhibition (I think) held by the Barry Friedman gallery in New York in 2001. It's a superb reference work and the only one I know that focuses on Vizner and supplies some useful info, unless Marcus is aware of another one. It's also bi-lungual, so has Czech and English translations and plenty of amazing pictures. You might find another copy via www.abebooks.com
Hope this helps,
Best,
Mark

Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: Sklounion on May 13, 2006, 06:12:40 PM

Hi,
William Warmus's catalogue of Vizner's Friedman exhibition is good, but, is a lot of money to pay, for perhaps less than a third of items featured are available to collectors. The section dealing with early work, for the most part Sklo Union pressed, is ok, with a number of pieces illustrated, 11 I think, (no product numbers) but many drawings leave it unclear as to whether they ever arrived in production. Like-wise Skrdlovice production, you are never quite sure if you are looking at a small series piece, unikat(which in CZ is an edition less than 10, limited edition less than 250 examples, small series 1200 copies, or prototypes.

From an academic point of view its ok, for a collector, stick to Millers or Sammler und Trodler, sure, you don't get all the background, but from the id point of view, they are fine. Otherwise, with regard specifically to Vizner, exhibition catalogues rather than monographs render more info, with often many more useful images.

respectfully,

Marcus

Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: MarkHill on May 16, 2006, 10:34:15 PM

Marcus, I agree entirely. It's just such a smart publication and has such good information I hadn't seen anywhere else that I couldn't resist buying it! Also, for the original person asking, Miller's don't currently include ID of Sklo Union pieces to my knowledge - the book you might want is the DK Collectables Price Guide by Judith Miller, published by Dorling Kindersley - for which Marcus kindly consults. Although the names of the titles are the same, there is a difference. Well, at least I like to think so.. :lol:
Thanks,
Mark

Title: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: MarkHill on May 16, 2006, 10:40:25 PM

Ooops, forgot to say thank you Marcus for recommending us.
 :oops:

Title: Re: Frantisek Vízner
Post by: Jindra8526 on July 26, 2010, 08:24:50 AM

http://www.fvizner.com/
this page has been made by Frantisek Vizner's daughter few years ago.
(You must click in the name and than in opened window go with mouse down, the pull up menu will open.)

Some Vizner's catalologues you can find at my web under the Frantisek Vizner folder or in section Katalogy/Catalogues.
The next big exhibition including pressed glass and Skrdlovice design of Frantisek Vizner will be in Novy Bor, Museum of Modern Glass Ajeto, Czech republic, from 25.November (shiffted from September date).

In Autumn (the exact date I will know later) Frantisek Vizner should exhibit his last works in London, I will inform you as soon as I will know more.

Jindrich
www.webareal.cz/ceskloslovenskesklo