Background
Novotný was born in Pustá Polom, Czechoslovakia and studied at the secondary glass school in Kamenický Šenov and from 1952 at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague in the studio of Professor.
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Career
Josef Kaplický. From 1959, he was an art teacher at the Secondary School of Art Glass in Železný Brod. Triennale Milan, Honorary Prize at Expo 67 in Montreal. He participated regularly in exhibitions of Czechoslovak glass all over the world.
In the 1970s and 1980s, his work was negatively influenced by the adverse attitude of the governing communist regime to his person.
The domain of January Novotný is painted glass – vases, decorative wall plates and windows. But in his work he was using other techniques as well – etching, drypoint, blowing or engraving.
His creations include also classic paintings, graphics and drawings. Most of his life he lived and worked in Malá Skála in northeastern Bohemia Ricke, Helmut (2005).
