Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a contemporary Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti. There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery. Zoubek was particularly well known for having taken a death mask of Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burned himself to death in protest over the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. One of his most famous works is his "Memorial to the Victims of Communism" in Prague (done in collaboration with the architects Jan Kerel and Zdeněk Holzel). Gallery References External links Biography Selection of Works 1926 births 2017 deaths Artists from Prague Czech sculptors Czech male sculptors Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)