Josef Bosáček was a Czech painter and classical graffiti artist

He was a pupil of Gabriel Jakub Wüger, Professor of the Painting Academy in Rome

Rome

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. In 1886 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

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 and studied under Professor František Sequens, Antonín Lhota and Julius Mařák. During his studies, he met Mikoláš Aleš

Mikoláš Aleš

Mikoláš Aleš , was a Czech painter.-Biography:Aleš was born in Mirotice near Písek, into a relatively rich family that was in debt at the time. He was taught history by his brother František until the latter's death in 1865; he expressed interest in painting at an early age...

, with whom he collaborated on various frescoes and graffiti on facades in the 1890s. In 1896, 1900, and 1903–1907, he worked for the builder Rudolf Štech in Plzeň. After his brother's (who was a priest) death in 1918, he became a hermit and painted frescoes related to Jesus Christ in a pilgrimage church at Maková hora near Příbram. He died in 1934 in Příbram hospital.

Literature

• ŠTOGROVÁ, Jarmila. Zapomenutý malíř a poustevník na Makové hoře Josef Bosáček (1857–1934), přítel Mikoláše Alše. Podbrdsko, 2008, čís. XV.. ISSN 1211-5169.
• BOSÁČEK, Josef. Dopisy Mikoláši Alšovi [CDROM]. Příprava vydání Jiří Egermaier, Jarmila Štogrová. 2007.
• Dr. Ludmila Mašková. Zapomenutý Josef Bosáček. Český dialog, 2007, čís. 3.-4.. Dostupné online.
• EGERMAIER, Jiří. Zapomenutý Josef Bosáček a jeho galerie pod širým nebem. Písek : IRES & Prácheňské nakladatelství, 2004. ISBN 80-86566-24-2.
• ROCH-KOČVARA, Stanislav. Za příbramským malířem Josefem Bosáčkem. Příbram : OKS, 1985.
• TOMAN, Prokop. Nový slovník československých výtvarných umělců. 3. vyd. Svazek 1. Praha : Rudolf Ryšavý, 1947. Heslo Bosáček, Josef, s. 81.
• MÍČKO, Miroslav; SVOBODA, Emanuel. Mikoláš Aleš, Nástěnné malby. Praha : SNKLHU, 1955.
• KUDRNA, F.. Po stopách Mikoláše Alše. Český deník, Plzeň, 1932-1933.