Re: BURIAN AT WORK - ANY CZECH SPEAKERS OUT THERE?

[Vladimir Socha <Seismosaurus@seznam.cz>]

Yes, Zdenek was great artist, not only in paleo reconstruction work. He also
made many wonderful paintings on various topics (tropical surroundings,
western genre, even sci-fi). I've visited his museum in Stramberk many tmes
and I'm still fascinated by that vast amount of work he produced during his
long carrier (which lasted 62 years, as he produced his first remarkable
painting at only 14 years of age). The number of all his sketches and
paintings exceed 14.000. Interesting thing is that he was one of the first
people who proposed the idea of upright posture for dinosaurs back in 30's
(when the vast majority of scientists still held the idea of their
lizard-like stance). Burian's main wish was that all his originals would
stay here and they are now considered our national treasure. Nice day, Vlad

http://www.stramberk.cz/muzeumzb/