Oldřich Blažíček
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Oldřich Blažíček was a Czech painter, representative of modern landscape paintings.
He came from very humble beginnings. His father was a rural tailor. He apprenticed with his brother at a house as a painter and then went to Prague for work. He passed after four years at the Academy
where he graduated under Hanus Schwaiger. There he became acquainted with many colleagues, many notable figues such as Otto Gutfreund
, Jan Štursa
, Rudolf Kremlička, Josef Čapek
, and many others. He, however, to any creative group entered.
Aside from being a noted landscape painter of his native Highlands
, he was also famous for painting church interiors which brought him major success. His early painting of St Vitus Cathedral for instance was widely acclaimed by the Academy. He became a professor of painting at the CTU, where he worked until 1927 to 1948. Already in 1913, he had participated in exhibitions of the Union of Artists in Poznan
and Ljubljana
, followed by many others. He was awarded in Paris in 1921.
He died on 3rd May 1953 in Prague. He wrote his memoirs in the book Mládí na Vysočině (Youth in the Highlands).
He came from very humble beginnings. His father was a rural tailor. He apprenticed with his brother at a house as a painter and then went to Prague for work. He passed after four years at the Academy
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:...
where he graduated under Hanus Schwaiger. There he became acquainted with many colleagues, many notable figues such as Otto Gutfreund
Otto Gutfreund
Otto Gutfreund was a Czech-Czechoslovak cubist sculptor. He is acknowledged by the art historian Douglas Cooper to be the author of the first cubist sculpture: Anxiety , created in 1911 and exhibited in Paris in 1912.- Life :...
, Jan Štursa
Jan Štursa
Jan Štursa was a Czech sculptor, one of founders of modern Czech sculpture.- Birth and studies :...
, Rudolf Kremlička, Josef Čapek
Josef Capek
Josef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.- Biography :...
, and many others. He, however, to any creative group entered.
Aside from being a noted landscape painter of his native Highlands
Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
The Bohemian-Moravian Highlands is an extensive range of hills and low mountains over long, which runs in a northeasterly direction across the Czech Republic and forms the border between Bohemia and Moravia...
, he was also famous for painting church interiors which brought him major success. His early painting of St Vitus Cathedral for instance was widely acclaimed by the Academy. He became a professor of painting at the CTU, where he worked until 1927 to 1948. Already in 1913, he had participated in exhibitions of the Union of Artists in Poznan
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
and Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, followed by many others. He was awarded in Paris in 1921.
He died on 3rd May 1953 in Prague. He wrote his memoirs in the book Mládí na Vysočině (Youth in the Highlands).
Works
- Pvní jarní den - 1928
- U selského dvora- 1926
- Na večer v předjaří - 1925
- Doba velikonoční - 1930
- Na samotínku - 1928
- Rybníček ve Slavíkově - 1927