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Meda Mládková

Czech art collector (1919–2022)

Marie Magdalena Františka "Meda" Mládková (née Sokolová, 8 September 1919 – 3 May 2022) was a Czech art collector. Her husband, Jan Viktor Mládek (1911–1989), was an economist and a governor of the IMF. Having spent several years in exile, she returned to Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution of 1989.²

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Born Sep 8, 1919, died May 3, 2022.¹

Companies

Museum Kampa FoundationBoard member 2016 to now¹⁷
Museum Kampa FoundationFounder¹⁷

Early life and education

Date not recordedÉcole du Louvre³
Date not recordedUniversity of Geneva³

Marie Magdalena Františka Sokolová was born on 8 September 1919 within the premises of the Zákupy castle, where her father was working as a brewer. Her family later decided to move to Brandýs nad Labem. She moved to Switzerland in 1946 to study Economics in Geneva, where she earned her Ph.D. Together with other exiles from Czechoslovakia, she published a magazine called Současnost (transl. Present Time). By February 1948, she decided not to return to Czechoslovakia. She consequently went to Paris, where she studied Art History at the Sorbonne and at L'Ecole du Louvre between 1955 and 1960.

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Career

Occupation: art collector, exhibition curator, art historian.⁷

Since 2016Board member, Museum Kampa Foundation⁶
Date not recordedFounded Museum Kampa Foundation⁴
Date not recordedFounded Museum Kampa⁵

Personal life

BornSep 8, 1919, Zákupy^{8 9}
DiedMay 3, 2022, Prague¹⁰
CitizenshipUnited States, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic^{11 12}
SpouseJan Viktor Mládek¹³

Awards

2012Commander of the National Order of Merit^{14 16}
2011Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal¹⁴
1999Czech Medal of Merit¹⁴
1998Commander of the Order of the White Double Cross‎^{14 15}

Sources

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WikidataMeda Mládková on Wikidata
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WikipediaMeda Mládková on Wikipedia
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WikidataMeda Mládková: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: Founded Museum Kampa Foundation, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: Founded Museum Kampa, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: Board member, Museum Kampa Foundation, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported by Czech National Authority Database
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WikidataMeda Mládková: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: citizenship, on Wikidata
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Wikidatacitizenship, as reported by Records of persons of interest
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WikidataMeda Mládková: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataMeda Mládková: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataMuseum Kampa Foundation, Board member
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Wikimedia CommonsMeda Mládková photo by Jindřich Nosek, CC BY-SA 4.0