Daniel Ignác Trubač

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Daniel Ignác Trubač (born 23 January 1969) is a Czech academic sculptor and medalist. He is best known for his sculpture of The Crown of St. Agnes of Bohemia, which was moved to St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City on request of Pope Francis.[1]

Daniel Ignác Trubač
Daniel Ignác Trubač in 2019
Born (1969-01-23) 23 January 1969 (age 55)
NationalityCzech
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts, Prague
Notable workThe Crown of St. Agnes of Bohemia
Reliquary of Pope John Paul II
The plaque of Otto Wichterle and Hana Wichterlová
Websitehttp://trubacdaniel.cz

Life

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Trubač was born in Tábor. Until the age of 15 he lived in Nýrsko in the Bohemian Forest, then in 1983 he moved to Uherské Hradiště to study industrial design at the Secondary School of Applied Arts. His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father was a maker of eyeglasses in the company Okula Nýrsko.

In 1992 he lived in Belgium on a study stay at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. In 1994 he graduated from the atelier of figural sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague.[2]

Currently, he lives and works in his atelier and foundry in Polešovice. He has four children.[3]

Notable works

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  • The tombstone of Pavel Wonka, 1992.[4]
  • The relief decoration of seven bells for the St Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava, 2000.[5]
  • The plaque of Otto Wichterle and Hana Wichterlová, Prostějov, 2007. The plaque is placed on the house where the siblings lived.[6]
  • The relief decoration of three bells for the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, 2012.[7]
  • Reliquary of Pope John Paul II, 2017. The relic is the hair of Pope John Paul II put in a marble in the center of an arch in the shape of a heart.[8]
  • The Crown of St. Agnes of Bohemia, 2019. 30 years after the canonization of St. Agnes of Bohemia, this statue was made as a gift for Pope Francis from thousands of Czech pilgrims heading to Rome. The statue is cast from bronze and silver, containing fragments of glass in the Czech national colours. The lower part of the statue is decorated with ribbons covered with fingerprints of several pilgrims and more fingerprints are on paper scrolls inserted in the body of the statue.[9][10] The statue was moved to the Chapel of the Patron Saints of Europe in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City on request of Pope Francis.[1]
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Koruna sv. Anežky České v bazilice sv. Petra | Biskupství královéhradecké". www.bihk.cz (in Czech). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ^ Demartini, Hugo (2017). Socha 2 AVU 1990-2016 : Demartini, Zeithamml. Jindřich Zeithamml, Iva Mladičová. V Praze. ISBN 978-80-87108-69-7. OCLC 1035469042.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Daniel Ignác Trubač". www.zlate-mince.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  4. ^ "Pamětní místa na komunistický režim" (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  5. ^ "Všetky zvony konkatedrály sú už odliate | Bratislavské noviny". www.bratislavskenoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  6. ^ Syrovátka, Petr (2008-10-27). "Otto Wichterle má na rodné Hané oko". Olomoucký deník (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  7. ^ Vácha, Petr (2013). Zvony a hodinové cimbály Katedrály sv. Víta, Václava a Vojtěcha (1. vyd ed.). [Praha]: František Skopec. ISBN 978-80-87009-92-5. OCLC 855464610.
  8. ^ Sršeň, Pavel (2017-05-23). "Srdce jako prostor pro setkání". Katolický Týdeník (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  9. ^ "Czech pilgrims meet with Pope Francis". Remix News. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  10. ^ "Na soše svaté Anežky pro papeže pracoval Daniel Trubač půl roku". Radio Prague International (in Czech). 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  11. ^ "Staré Město má nové insignie od Daniela Ignáce Trubače | Město Staré Město". www.staremesto.uh.cz (in Czech). 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
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