l3. 5. l940

Slavíkovice, Domažlice region

1955 - l959

College of Glass Design in Železný Brod, glass and metal-engraving

1959 - l965

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
graduated from the Studio of Figurative and Mural Painting by Professor Karel Souček

1966 - 1978

devoted himself to full -time drawing, painting and graphic arts

1978 - 1983

assistant, then assistant lecturer at the Department of Art, and Department of Art manager, Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University Prague

1983 - 1988

assistant lecturer at the Department of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Figurative Drawing, Nocturnal Nude
assistent lecturer at the Studio of Figurative Painting, Professor Václav Pospíšil
promoted to professor at the Department of Painting (1988)

until 1990

private art lecturing in painting and drawing

1992 - 1996

professor and manager of Studio of Art at the Private Master school of Art Design in Prague

until 1996

practising full-time in drawing, painting and graphic arts

1997

was awarded Franz Kafka Prize for his life work in painting

Jan Vlček was a member of the Association of Czechoslovak Artists and has become a member of the Czech Union of Artist. He lives and works in Prague.