Karel Benedík was a Czech painter and restorer. He first trained as a painter, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague was founded in 1799 and is the Czech Republic's oldest art college. The school offers twelve Master's degree programs and one Doctoral program.-History:...

, and focused on restoration work. He painted landscapes, portraits and also showed an interest in Moravian folk costumes.

His restoration work includes a triptych ceiling in the hall of Kroměříž Castle, frescoes in the library and the refectory of the Hradisko u Olomouce

Hradisko Monastery

Hradisko Monastery is a premonstratensian monastery in Olomouc in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1078 and it serves as an military hospital since 1802.-Architecture:...

 convent, wall painting in a pharmacy in Uherské Hradiště

Uherské Hradište

Uherské Hradiště is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Morava river and is the seat of the Uherské Hradiště District.- History :...

 and three altarpieces in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Kokory

Kokory

Kokory is a village and municipality in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 1,179 ....

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Further reading

• Surá, Anna: O malířích Slovácka před Uprkou a po něm. Masaryk University
  Masaryk University
  Masaryk University is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the third Czech university , it now consists of nine faculties and 42,182 students...
  
  , Brno
  Brno
  Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
  
  , p. 34 - 36.
• Pelikán, Jaroslav; Trachulec Vít: Karel Benedík. Veselí nad Moravou
  Veselí nad Moravou
  Veselí nad Moravou is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has circa 12,000 inhabitants.-Twin towns — Sister cities:Veselí nad Moravou is twinned with: Żnin in Poland - External links :*...
  
  1998.
• Mička, Antonín: Kozojídky vzdaly hold svému rodákovi (Malovaný kraj 40, 2004, No 1., p. 13.