Jan Kubíček (30 December 1927 – 14 October 2013) was a Czech painter and printmaker, and one of the most radical Central European exponents of constructivist and concrete art.

Moreover, having passed through a significant Lettrism phase during the early 1960s, he left behind an impressive body of photographs, illustrations and graphic art for which he received the 1999 Vladimír Boudník Award.

The characteristic features of the artist's works of lettrism and geometric abstraction are: the sense of order, the striking visual message, the absence of literary contents and a precise painting technique.

It was a natural part not only of Czech, but also of progressive European art, which continued to develop the legacy of pure abstraction and constructivist tendencies.

[7][8] During the Soviet occupation of 1968, Kubíček took the advantage of the chaos at the border and transported his artworks without permission to a solo exhibition at Gallery Teufel in Koblenz.

To summarize, state, put forth, and present the beautiful existing knowledge of the discovered order is a concrete reason for this painting project and concomitantly the purpose of choice.

“When I transform my sketches into artefacts made of wood, plastic and other materials, some elements of the construction will always remain hidden from the viewer's eye.

Apart from a bevy of smaller metal artifacts, Kubíček designed a collection of rods and prisms, which were exhibited in the Gallery of Václav Špála in 1969 as a radically minimalist installation.

"Most ended up in German collections, some pieces are in the ownership of collectors and museums in our country, and three objects fell victim to one wild party in my old studio," the artist confessed in an interview.

"Kubíček's work is artistically and spiritually multifaceted, branching off into an incredible variety of directions," wrote Czech art critic Jan Šída.