Jiří Kotalík

{{Short description|Czech art historian and director}}

Jiří Kotalík (22 July 1920 – 26 January 1996) was a Czech art historian and director of the National Gallery in Prague between 1967 and 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaze-prekladu.cz/prekladatel/Jiř%C3%AD%20Kotal%C3%ADk|title=Jiří Kotalík (* 1920, † 1996)|language=cs|access-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027215032/http://www.databaze-prekladu.cz/prekladatel/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD%20Kotal%C3%ADk|archive-date=27 October 2014|url-status=dead}} He was one of the members of Group 42.{{cite web|url=http://www.jedinak.cz/stranky/txtkotalik.html|title=České diskontinuity|publisher=Reflex|language=cs|access-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205094033/http://www.jedinak.cz/stranky/txtkotalik.html|archive-date=5 February 2012}} Kotalík remained at the National Gallery until his retirement in 1990.{{cite web|first=Milena|last=Bartlová|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/narodni-galerie-se-nachazi-na-rozcesti-i-bez-milana-knizaka-o-nej-uz-vazne-moc-nejde-gjr-/kavarna.aspx?c=A100210_174352_kavarna_chu|title=Národní galerie se nachází na rozcestí i bez Milana Knížáka. O něj už vážně moc nejde|language=cs|publisher=Mladá fronta DNES|date=12 February 2010|access-date=29 October 2013}}