Ladislav R. Hanka Book Art's Archive
The Ladislav R. Hanka Book Art's Archive centers on the artist Ladislav R.
Hanka (1952- ) a former graduate of WMU and local resident of the city of Kalamazoo.
Mr. Hanka's art is primarily concerned with the flora and fauna of forests and
lakes. His educational background in biology and zoology reflects his artistic
interests. He received a BA in Biology from Kalamazoo College (1975), an MS in
Zoology from Colorado State University (1979), and an MFA in Printmaking from
Western Michigan University (1981). In addition, Mr. Hanka was a guest student
at the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat in Bonn, Germany (1973) and
at the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, Austria (1979-1980). He
also served a private apprenticeship in Prague with Jindra Schmidt, master engraver
of stamps and currency (1979).
Mr. Hanka has had a number of traveling exhibitions including: Visions
of a Wandering Naturalist (1997-2001), 50 x 25 Book Arts Exhibit (1993-1999), Boreal
Meditations (1995), and County Survey (1989-2001) to name a few.
His art may be found at the Fogg Museum of Art in Cambridge, MA., the Princeton
University Print Collection in Princeton, NJ, the Kalamazoo Institute of Art,
the New York Public Library, and the Library of Congress. His work may also been
seen abroad at the National Museum (Prague, Czech Republic), the British Library
(London, Great Britain), the Rembrandt House (Amsterdam, Netherlands), The Bookplate
Society (Eubonne, France), Huang Zhe Temple (Sichuan Province, China), Jatson
Chumig Speical School (Lhasa, Tibet), and at the Graphic Arts Institute and Francisco
Toledo Museum (Oaxaca, Mexico).
The archive consists of correspondence between Mr. Hanka and corresponding
writers and publishers, sketches, trials, artist's proofs and numbered copies
of his art, reviews of shows, exhibition booklets, and hand-bound volumes of
his books printed under the imprint of the Rarach Press. Book titles written
and/or illustrated by Mr. Hanka include:
Opus Salvelinus by L.R. Hanka (1990), County Survey by
L.R. Hanka (1989), Heilige, Svati, Saints by Rainer Maria Rilke, wood
engravings by L.R. Hanka (1987), Pavlov by Richard Neugebaur, wood engravings
by L.R. Hanka (1986), Agricultural Notations by L.R. Hanka (1984), Iowa
Couplets by Wendy Popkes, illustrated by L.R. Hanka (1982),
The Frog Prints by L.R. Hanka (1982), Certuv Kamen (Devil's
Rock) by Richard Neugebauer, wood engravings by L.R. Hanka (1981), and Leaves
of Organic Verse (Scripta Naturae) by L.R. Hanka (1981).
Finding Aid: Ladislav R. Hanka Book Arts Archive
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