Emanuel Famíra (15 November 1900,

Hlinsko Hlinsko () is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The local part of Betlém is well preserved example of folk architecture and is protected as a Cultural monument (Czech Republi ...

– 6 January 1970,

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), was a

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sculptor and painter. In 1933 a statue in memory of miners by Famíra was built in village of Vranov in

Břasy Břasy () is a municipality and village in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Břasy consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 ...

. Demolished by German authorities in 1941. Famíra, lifelong

communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...

, became one of prominent artists of socialist realism. In 1968–1969 Famíra was member of

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group of Czech communists who supported the

Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia On 20–21 August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four fellow Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and the Hungarian People's Republic. The in ...

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1900 births 1970 deaths People from Hlinsko People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia members 20th-century Czech sculptors Czech male sculptors 20th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech male artists Socialist realist artists Recipients of the Order of Klement Gottwald {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub