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Surrealist Artist Jan Švankmajer

The man in the picture is known as  Jan Švankmajer , he is well known amongst surrealist for his animation and features which had a significant influence towards other artist's.

He's Czech animator born in Prague on 4th September 1934 . He was exposed to puppet theatre that was given as a gift when he was a child which became the root of his artistic developments.He studied at the College of Applied Arts in Prague and later in Department of Puppetry at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts. 



Švankmajer released his first film The Magic Trick which was reflected during his time working at the Laterna Magika which is the world's very first multimedia theatre. 
Švankmajer was married to Eva Švankmajerová  an internationally known surrealist painter, ceramicist and writer until her death in October 2005. Before she passed away ,she did collaborated with Švankmajer  on some of his movies including Alice, Faust, and Otesánek. They were gifted with two children.
Švankmajer gained his reputation over several decades for his distinctive use of stop-motion technique, and his ability to make surreal, nightmarish, and yet somehow funny pictures. He continues to make films in Prague.

Švankmajer's trademarks include very exaggerated sounds, often creating a very strange effect in all eating scenes. He often uses fast-motion sequences when people walk or interact. His movies often involve inanimate objects being brought to life through stop motion. Many of his films also include clay objects in stop motion, otherwise known as claymation.

Up until this day Švankmajer is one of the most celebrated animators in the world. His most well known artworks are Alice (1988), Faust (1994), and a surreal comic horror based on two works of Edgar Allan Poe and the life of Marquis de Sade. Also not to mention one of his famous work is the short Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) which was selected by Terry Gilliam as one of the ten best animated films of all time and was also been called "as emotionally haunting as Kafka's stories. His latest film is Surviving Life from 2010.

Clearly by now we know that Jan Švankmajer is a well known artist across the globe that had made a huge impact not just towards the surrealist community but the world in whole.
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