Oskar Brázda was a Czech painter and artist.

He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, Austria.- History :The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy by the court-painter Peter Strudl, who became the Praefectus Academiae Nostrae. In 1701 he was ennobled as Baron of the Empire...

 and then, through the imperial scholarship, he studied in Italy. In 1915, in Rome, he married Amelie Posse

Amelie Posse

Amelie Posse was a Swedish author. She is also known for her work against nazism during World War II.Amelie Posse was the daughter of Baron Fredrik Arvidsson Posse and Auda Gunhild Wennerberg...

. During World War I

World War I

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, he became familiar with Edvard Beneš

Edvard Beneš

Edvard Beneš was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the second President of Czechoslovakia. He was known to be a skilled diplomat.- Youth :...

 and actively participated in the first Czechoslovak resistance. The two were even in the years 1915-1916 interned on the island of Alghero

Alghero

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, Sardinia

Sardinia

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. In 1925, the changing political situation saw him leave Italy and return to his homeland. He lived in Líčkov Castle (or Chateau). He died in 1977. In 1989, his second wife Marie opened the Oskar Brázda Gallery in the castle where visitors can see a number of his works and personal belongings.