Jindřich Štyrský

Jindřich Štyrský (11 August 1899 – 21 March 1942) was a Czech Surrealist painter, poet, editor, photographer and graphic artist.

Along with his artistic partner Toyen (Marie Čermínová), he became a member of Devětsil in 1923, participating in their group exhibitions.

On the Needles of the Days, 1941, photographic series in collaboration with Jindřich Heisler who provided the text.

Later, in Paris, they established their own two-person movement, Artificialism, which their associate Karel Teige linked to his own Poetism.

In 1934, with Toyen, Bohuslav Brouk, Vítězslav Nezval, and others, he co-founded the Surrealist Group of Czechoslovakia in Prague.