Jiří Kotalík (22 July 1920 – 26 January 1996) was a Czech art historian and director of the

National Gallery in Prague The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Cze ...

between 1967 and 1990. He was one of the members of

Group 42 Group 42 ( cs, Skupina 42) was a Czech artistic group officially established in 1942 (although its roots date to 1938–1939, forming in 1940). The group's activity ceased in 1948, but its influence on Czech literature and Czech art was still ...

. Kotalík remained at the National Gallery until his retirement in 1990.

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1920 births 1996 deaths Writers from Prague Charles University alumni Group 42 Czechoslovak historians Herder Prize recipients Czechoslovak writers {{Europe-art-historian-stub