Rudolf Fila (19 July 1932 – 11 February 2015) was a Czechoslovak and Slovak painter, educator and author, best known for his artistic reinterpretations of the works of Gustav Klimt.
Fila was born in Příbram na Moravě (Moravia) and resided in Bratislava, Slovakia.
With his wife, the art renovator Dorota Filová he had two sons – Vít Fila and the mathematician Marek Fila.
History 1950–1952: Attended the School of Applied Art in Brno 1952–1958: Attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava 1960: began teaching at the High School for Applied Art in Bratislava 1960s: Represented at international exhibitions 1971: Exhibition in Zürich 1990: moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava 1993–1996: Exhibitions in Vienna, Budapest, Warsaw, Ulm, Châteauroux, London, Novara and Paris
Art Fila's works are represented in the collections of the Slovak National Gallery, the National Gallery in Prague, the Museum of the 20th Century in Vienna, the permanent exhibition of the Credit Suisse Art Collection in London and other cities in Europe and the United States.
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