Otakar Sedlon
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Otakar Sedloň was a Czech
realistic painter living in Prague
.
Otakar Sedloň was born on August 30, 1885 in Trpín - a small village between Polička
and Kunštát
in East Bohemia
, formerly part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Otakar attended primary school in Vamberk
and followed on with a high school education in Kostelec nad Orlicí
, where he graduated in 1904. Then he started studied on Academy of Art in Prague
, where graduated in 1908.
In the mid-1920s, he traveled quite a bit, visiting places like the coast along the Adriatic Sea, Paris
, Ruthenia
and Romania
. This travel offered him great inspiration for his future activities as an artist. He eventually became a member of the association of artists called Myslbek and was a frequent participant in exhibitions arranged by this association. During this time, Otakar had his studio on the prestigious Narodni trida in Prague and was known as an excellent portrait painter. His paintings were displayed in the offices of ministries, banks and held by private collectors.
After World War Two and the communist revolution
in Czechoslovakia
in 1948, he was barred from Myslbek because of his antagonism against communist rule and so-called “socialistic realism”.
Otakar Sedloň died on October 18, 1973 and was buried in the family tomb in Vamberk, together with his mother and father.
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
realistic painter living in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
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Otakar Sedloň was born on August 30, 1885 in Trpín - a small village between Polička
Policka
Polička is a town on Bohemia-Moravia borderline in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 10,000 inhabitants. It is about 17 km west of Svitavy.- History :Polička was founded in the year 1265 by Bohemian king Přemysl Otakar II...
and Kunštát
Kunštát
Kunštát is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,600 inhabitants.Villages Hluboké u Kunštátu, Rudka, Sychotín, Touboř and Újezd are administrative parts of Kunštát....
in East Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
, formerly part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Otakar attended primary school in Vamberk
Vamberk
Vamberk is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has c. 4,800 inhabitants.The city has been well known for lace production since the 17th Century.-External links:* * http://www.vkrajka.cz/krajka/historie/3/...
and followed on with a high school education in Kostelec nad Orlicí
Kostelec nad Orlicí
Kostelec nad Orlicí is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic located about 7 km southwest of Rychnov nad Kněžnou and 29 km east-southeast of Hradec Králové. It has 6,220 inhabitants .-External links:*...
, where he graduated in 1904. Then he started studied on Academy of Art in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, where graduated in 1908.
In the mid-1920s, he traveled quite a bit, visiting places like the coast along the Adriatic Sea, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Ruthenia
Ruthenia
Ruthenia is the Latin word used onwards from the 13th century, describing lands of the Ancient Rus in European manuscripts. Its geographic and culturo-ethnic name at that time was applied to the parts of Eastern Europe. Essentially, the word is a false Latin rendering of the ancient place name Rus...
and Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. This travel offered him great inspiration for his future activities as an artist. He eventually became a member of the association of artists called Myslbek and was a frequent participant in exhibitions arranged by this association. During this time, Otakar had his studio on the prestigious Narodni trida in Prague and was known as an excellent portrait painter. His paintings were displayed in the offices of ministries, banks and held by private collectors.
After World War Two and the communist revolution
Communist revolution
A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism, typically with socialism as an intermediate stage...
in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in 1948, he was barred from Myslbek because of his antagonism against communist rule and so-called “socialistic realism”.
Otakar Sedloň died on October 18, 1973 and was buried in the family tomb in Vamberk, together with his mother and father.