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Čížek
Čížek (feminine Čížková) is a Czech surname, meaning ''siskin''. Notable people include: * Bohuš Čížek (1913–1989), Czechoslovakian painter, illustrator and lecturer * František Čížek known as Franz Cižek (1865–1946), Czech-Austrian painter known as a teacher and reformer of art education * Karel Čížek (1892–1948), Czech rower * Katerina Cizek Katerina Cizek is a Canadian documentary director and a pioneer in digital documentaries. She is the Artistic Director, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technolog ..., Canadian filmmaker * Martin Čížek (born 1974), Czech footballer * Roy Cizek (1943–1993), American inventor * Tomáš Čížek (born 1978), Czech footballer * Václav Čížek (born 1989), Czech ice hockey player * Zuzana Čížková (born 1982), Czech sculptor and painter See also * * Czyż, Polish surname {{surname Czech-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohuš Čížek
Bohumil Čížek (known as Bohuš Čížek, alternatively as Bohouš Čížek; 11 February 1913 – 19 September 1989) was a Czechoslovakian, Moravia-born painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, illustrator and lecturer. Life Bohuš Čížek was born into a family of farmer Bohumil Čížek and Marie Čížková, née Bláhová as their second son. At the estate farm he spent his childhood, acquiring first life sensations, developing imagination and drawing inspiration (among others through an illustrations by Adolf Kašpar, from a favourite book The Grandmother'','' in Czech: ''Babička''). In the years 1924–1933 he was attending a secondary school, so-called "'' reálka''" in Prostějov, where he was already drawing and painting a lot. Some of his schoolworks have been preserved. He applied himself to figurative art, ordinary things that surrounded him, and to landscape painting. He graduated by passing the upper secondary school examination in 1933. After the leaving examin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Čížek
Karel Čížek (3 February 1892 – 31 August 1948) was a Czechoslovak rowing coxswain. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... References External links * 1892 births 1948 deaths Czech male rowers Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Coxswains (rowing) People from Litoměřice District Sportspeople from the Ústí nad Labem Region {{Czechoslovakia-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Čížek
Tomáš Cízek (born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played, among others, for Jablonec, Pelikán Děčín, and Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic, and for Rubin Kazan, FC Moscow, and Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ... in Russia. References External links Player page on the official FC Moscow website * * * * 1978 births Living people People from Děčín Czech footballers Czech expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Czech First League players Russian Premier League players FK Jablonec players AC Sparta Prague players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Sibir Novosibirsk players Expatriate footballers in Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Čížek
Václav Čížek (born July 30, 1989) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HC Košice of the Tipsport Liga. Čižek played with BK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Extraliga between 2008 and 2012. He joined HC '05 Banská Bystrica Hockey Club '05 Banská Bystrica is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. They won 3 times Slovakian hockey league and 4 times Slovak 1. Liga, second–level ice hockey league in Slovakia. The team is nicknam ... of the Tipsport Liga on October 31, 2014. (in Slovak) References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katerina Cizek
Katerina Cizek is a Canadian documentary director and a pioneer in digital documentaries. She is the Artistic Director, Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). ''Highrise'' From 2008-2015, Cizek directed the National Film Board of Canada's '' Highrise'' series on life in residential skyscrapers, including the 2010 world's first 360 degree web documentary ''Out My Window'', winner of the inaugural IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and an International Digital Emmy for best digital program: non-fiction, and the 2011 webdoc ''One Millionth Tower'', which lets users explore a highrise complex in 3D virtual space, as Toronto residents re-imagine their neighborhood. ''A Short History of the Highrise'' is an interactive documentary that "explores the 2,500-year global history of vertical living and issues of social equality in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Čížek
Martin Čížek (born 9 June 1974) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent three seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 Munich and SpVgg Unterhaching. Honours Baník Ostrava * Gambrinus liga: 2003–04 * Czech Cup The Czech Cup ( cs, Pohár FAČR), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association. The Czech Cup was first held in 1 ...: 2004–05 External links * * Living people 1974 births Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech First League players FC Baník Ostrava players AC Sparta Prague players TSV 1860 Munich players SpVgg Unterhaching players People from Vítkov Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from the Moravian-Silesian Region {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Cižek
Franz Cižek (12 June 1865 – 17 December 1946) was an Austrian genre and portrait painter, who was a teacher and reformer of art education. He began the Child Art Movement in Vienna, opening the Juvenile Art Class in 1897. Life Franz Cižek was born František Čížek on June 12, 1865 in Litoměřice ( Leitmeritz in German), in northern Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic. He came to Vienna at the age of 19. He died there on December 17, 1946. Career In 1885, Cižek entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He was a student of the German painters Franz Rumpler, Josef Mathias von Trenkwald, and Siegmund L'Allemand. While a student, he lived with a family and the children visited him in his room, where he allowed them to use his art supplies and encouraged them to express themselves. He was impressed by their creativity and showed the work to fellow artists at the university, who encouraged him to start an art school for children. The Juvenile Art Classes were free of charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czyż
Czyż () is a surname of Polish language origin, meaning "siskin". Surnames of similar derivations include Czyżewski and Czyżowicz. The Czech/Slovak equivalent is Číž and the Belarusian form is Chyzh. The surname may refer to: * Bobby Czyz (born 1962), American boxer * Henryk Czyż (1923–2003), Polish musician * Olek Czyż (born 1990), Polish basketball player * Przemysław Czyż (born 1972), Polish diplomat * Szymon Czyż (born 2001), Polish footballer * Tom Czyz, American detective * Vincent Czyz, American avant-garde fiction writer * Wojtek Czyz (born 1980), German Paralympic track and field athlete * Lejzor Czyż, the birth name of Leonard Chess (1917–1969), American record company executive * Fiszel Czyż, the birth name of Phil Chess (1921–2016), American record company executive See also * * Chyzh, Belarusian surname * Čížek Čížek (feminine Čížková) is a Czech surname, meaning ''siskin''. Notable people include: * Bohuš Čížek (1913–1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siskin
The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words ''sisschen'', ''zeischen'', which are diminutive forms of Middle High German (''zîsec'') and Middle Low German (''ziseke'', ''sisek'') words, which are themselves apparently of Slavic origin. The name siskin was first recorded in written English in 1562, referring to the Eurasian siskin, ''Spinus spinus''.''Oxford English Dictionary'' ''Spinus'' * Andean siskin, ''Spinus spinescens'' * Antillean siskin, ''Spinus dominicensis'' * Black siskin, ''Spinus atratus'' * Black-capped siskin, ''Spinus atriceps'' * Black-chinned siskin, ''Spinus barbatus'' * Black-headed siskin, ''Spinus notatus'' * Eurasian siskin, ''Spinus spinus'' * Hooded siskin, ''Spinus magellanicus'' * Olivaceous siskin, ''Spinus olivaceus'' * Pine siskin, ''Spinus pinus'' * Red siskin, ''Spinus cucullatus'' * Saffron siskin, ''Spinus siemiradzkii'' * Thick-billed siskin, ''Spinus crassirostris'' * Yellow-bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Cizek
Fred Roy Cizek (January 29, 1943 – April 12, 1993) was an American inventor, High fidelity, hi-fi designer, and manufacturer. As the founder of CIZEK Audio System in Andover, Massachusetts, he became fairly well known in the audiophile world, especially in Italy, during the late 1970s for his company's high-quality Loudspeaker, speakers. Before starting his own business, Cizek worked for historical hi-fi manufacturers, such as Acoustic Research, JBL (company), JBL, and Altec Lansing. Blind since the age of three, he developed a special sensitivity for music reproduction and patented a special crossover to ensure a flat impedance curve to his speakers. Biography Early life Fred Roy Cizek was born on January 29, 1943, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Carl Fred Cizek (1918–2005) and Florence Cizek (1921–1991). Cizek became blind as a child following a severe burn, which also caused chronic leg ulcers that has persisted throughout his life and never adequately healed. His sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Čížková
Zuzana Čížková (also known as Zuzana Klára Čížková; born 10 December 1982) is a Czechs, Czech sculptor and painter. Biography Although born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Zuzana Čížková was raised in Brandýs nad Labem. During her childhood, she was inspired by her grandfather who was an art restorer. She studied at High School of Sculptures and Stone-cutting in Hořice. Later she continued her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, in the Sculpture Atelier led by Professor Kurt Gebauer; she graduated in 2011. During and shortly after her high school studies Zuzana Čížková specialized in traditional technologies and materials (stone and gypsum). Later on, she started to experiment with materials she had already employed earlier in her education. She was discovering of new and non-traditional concrete (cement-mortar mixture) which she achieved in cooperation with the Research Institute of cement – mortar in Prague-Radotín. She caught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
