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Jitka and Květa in Květa’s studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa transfer a picture to Květa’s studio upstairs. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa before their group self-portrait by Květa Válová. 1967. Válová Sisters Archive Group self-portrait by Květa Válová. 1967. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. I Have a Horse, a Black Horse, 1948, Oil. Jitka Válová, Bull, 1958. monotype. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, prepertory drawing of thesis work at UMPRUM, 1950. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, prepertory drawing of thesis work at UMPRUM, 1950. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Slain Bull, 1957. monotype. Válová Sisters Archive Emil Filla at UMPRUM. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Studio of Emil Filla at UMPRUM, Jitka second from the left. Válová Sisters Archive Květa Válová. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Poldina foundry, 1995. Photo: Michal Hladík Poldina foundry, 1995. Photo: Michal Hladík Jitka Válová, sketch from Poldovka. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, sketch from Poldovka. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, mixed media. 1961. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, mixed media. 1961. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Roller, oil. 1950. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Welder, oil. 1960. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Electricians, oil. 1958. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Wrestlers, monotype. 1959. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Wrestlers, monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Wrestling Figures, ink. 1959. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Wrestling Figures, ink. 1959. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Wrestlers, oil. 1958. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, untitled, oil. 1958. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Rollers, monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa making prints in their studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa making prints in their studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa making prints in their studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa preparing designs for a glass mosaic. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa with Ivan Vyskočil, Museum in Kladno. 1978. Válová Sisters Archive Ester Krumbachová, Květa Válová and Adriana Šimotová. 1983. Válová Sisters Archive The Trasa group. 1964. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled monotype. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Genius loci, drawing, monotype. 1965. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Genius loci, oil. 1965. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Escape, dry point. 1970. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Designated path, oil. 1966. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Corridor, oil. 1967. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Found Horizon, oil. 1969. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Totalization, oil. 1969. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. A Few Seconds of Silence, oil. 1966. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka in her studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Květa in her studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. A Few Seconds of Silence, oil. 1966. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. 1980. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. 1980. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. 1980. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. 1980. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. 1980. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. 1980. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. untitled, poured drawing. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. sketch for the picture Wedding Flowers. 1974. Válová Sisters Archive Exhibition of the Válová sisters at the Václav Špala gallery in Prague. 1966. Válová Sisters Archive Opening of the exhibition of the Válová sisters at the Václav Špala gallery in Prague. 1966. Válová Sisters Archive Květa and Jitka with the Ševčíkovýs. 1983. Válová Sisters Archive Květa and Jitka at the opening of their exhibition in Ostrava nad Ohří. 1983. Válová Sisters Archive Květa and Jitka at the opening of their exhibition in Ostrava nad Ohří. 1983. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka with Adrian Šimotova. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa Válovy, their only collaborative picture, oil. 1960s. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Days of May (the Fall), charcoal, watercolor, ink. 1974. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Gathering of Sorrow, oil. 1974. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. The Cry, oil. 1978. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Dialog, oil. 1983. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Arena, oil. 1983. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. The Final Touch, oil. 1983-1986. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Mother, oil. 1978. Válová Sisters Archive Květa Válová. 1990s. Photo: Jiří Hanke. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa in their studio. 1990s. Photo: Jiří Hanke. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa in their studio. 1990s. Photo: Jiří Hanke. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka in her studio. 1990s. Photo: Jiří Hanke. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Two figures (Under weight), pastel. 1980s. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Two figures, oil. 1987. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. First Contact, oil. 1988. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Supported, oil. 1990. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Warning, oil. 1991. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Reconciliation, oil. 1993. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Calvary, oil. 1992-93. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Shadows of the Forgotten, oil. 1995. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová. Rise and Fall, oil. 1995. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa with Václav Fiala at the opening of the exhibition at the White Unicorn Gallery in Klatovy. 199. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa at their house in Kladno. Photo: Jiří Hanke. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa at their house in Kladno. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa being awarded the international J. G. Herder Prize, 1994. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Victim and Pietà, oil. 200-01. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Departure. 1998. Válová Sisters Archive Květa Válová, her final work. Woman, plant, bird. 1998. Válová Sisters Archive Opening of the exhibition The Double Power of Painting by the Valovy sisters, 2000. L to R: Jiří Ševčík, Jitka Válová, Marie Klimešová, Katarína Rusnáková, Marie Bergmanová a Jana Ševčíková. Jitka Válová. Where You Are I Will Not Look. 2007. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Reconciliation. Pastel, 1994. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Reconciliation. Pastel, 2007. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Arena. Charcoal, 2007. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Sketch for a lithograph. Charcoal, Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Compassion for Květa, charcoal. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Sketch for a lithograph. Charcoal, 2008. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, untitld, lithograph, 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka at work at Jiří Lípa’s studio. 2007. Photo: Pavel Šmíd. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka at a meeting of the Trasa group. 1984. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka accepting the Pavel Dostál prize from the Ministry of Culture. 2005. Válová Sisters Archive Petroglyph in the Sudanese desert, serving as inspiration to Jitka from 2007-11. Photo: Václav Cílek. Rock paintings in the Sudanese desert, serving as inspiration to Jitka from 2007-11. Photo: Václav Cílek. Rock paintings in the Sudanese desert, serving as inspiration to Jitka from 2007-11. Photo: Václav Cílek. Petroglyphs in the Sudanese desert, serving as inspiration to Jitka from 2007-11. Photo: Václav Cílek. Jitka Válová, untitled, charcaol drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Mass Fall, charcaol drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, untitled, poured drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Mass Fall, poured drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Franz Schubert, String Quartet no. 13, poured drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Franz Schubert, String Quartet no. 13, poured drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Pavel Josef Vejvarovský, Serenade, poured drawing. 2008. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, untitled, charcaol drawing. 2010. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, The Final Match Against Oneself, charcaol drawing. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka Válová, Where You Cannot See, oil. 2009. Válová Sisters Archive Jitká’s studio, 2009. Photo: Václav Cílek. Válová Sisters Archive Opening of the exhibition Meetings at Topičův Salon. Introduction by the curator Alena Potůčková and Pavel Vašíček. 2010. Válová Sisters Archive Jitka and Květa with the dog Goya. 1980s. Válová Sisters Archive

Jitka and Květa Válová

In 1938, the family of Jitka and Květa Válová — twin sisters known as ‘Válovky’ in public and among friends — moved to Bendlova St. 6 in Kladno, and the artists spent the rest of their lives there. It was a small house, but they had space for their studios and even a small garden.Jitka Válová’s studio, where she created most of her work, has remained virtually intact to the present day. Just as it was during the sisters’ time, the living quarters of the house preserve a glass mosaic with an orchid motif; and the living room, despite minor changes, still holds the same ambiance conducive to artistic debates.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

House of the Válovy sisters Jitka and Květa

  • Gallery arto.to, Coal Mill (Uhelný mlýn), Libčice nad Vltavou
10 Dec 2022, 3 PM – 29 Jan 2023, 6 PM

Past Exhibitions

from the opening

Guided tour of the exhibition Jitka and Květa Válovy From Kladno notebooks

  • Gallery Kladno castle
16 Feb 2020, 3 PM
Pozvanka web

Jitka a Květa Válovy - From the Kladno notebooks

  • hosté Jiří Petrbok, Klára Spišková, Miloš Vojtěchovský, Josef Žáček
12 Dec 2019, 5 PM
Květa Válová / Knižní ilustrace

Knižní ilustrace

9 Sep – 7 Oct 2019
Válová studio

Unveiling of a Memorial Plaque at the House of the Válová Sisters

  • Tentative Operation of Jitka Válová Studio
  • Bendlova Street no. 6, Kladno
20 Mar 2018, 3:30 PM
Jitka and Květa in Květa’s studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive

The Legacy of the Válová Sisters

  • A conference on Artistic Legacies
  • Bendlova Street no. 6, Kladno
11 Mar 2018, 1 – 6 PM

Dům Válovek

Jitka and Květa in Květa’s studio. Date unknown. Válová Sisters Archive

Jitka and Květa Válová

  • Artist profile

After the war, Jitka Válová studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague with Prof. Josef Kaplický, while Květa Válová attended a private school. Both transferred to the studio of Emil Filla after a year.

Jitka a Květa Válová

Jitka and Květa Válová Receive Title

  • Dames of Czech Culture
  • 24 February 2019

The painters Jitka (1922-2011) and Květa (1922-1998) Válová, sisters from Kladno have been awarded the title Dames of Czech Culture. The posthumous honor was awarded by the minister of culture, Antonín Staněk, as part of the 13th annual international festival Mene Tekel. A medal with an emblem for painting is to be accepted on 24 February, 2019, by Marie Vydrová, representing the Válová family.

Artist Legacies

  • Conference at the home of the Sisters Válová
  • 30 November 2018, Kladno

1. Jan Rous

2. Martina Lehmannová

3. Susanna Wagner Horvatovičová

Archive

Jitka Válová at the lithography workshop of Jiří Lípa in Prague, 2007

Camera and edit : Luboš Jelínek
Photography : Pavel Šmíd
Galerie ART Chrudim — Chrudim Gallery ART
2007

Válová Sisters Archive

Gallery opening in Lidice

Opening of an exhibition of Květa and Jitka Válová at the Lidice Gallery, 11 October, 2005. Introduction by exhibition curator Iva Brothánková.

Music : Štěpán Rak
Camera : Alois Garamszegi

Válová Sisters Archive

The Válová family in the castle garden in Kladno

Jitka and Květa Válová with their sisters, parents, and grandparents around 1923 in home movies edited by Alois Garamszegi.

Válová Sisters Archive

Invitation to the opening of the exhibiton of Jitka and Květa Válová at the Václav Špála Gallery, Prague (1966)

Documents and Ephemera

Photo: Jiří Hanke

Photographs by Jiří Hanke

Visit to the Home and Studio of the Válovy

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