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Hanuš Schwaiger
Hanuš Johann Peter Paul Schwaiger (1854–1912) was a Czech painter, designer, graphic artist and professor, best known for his fairy-tale illustrations. Biography He was the only son of six children born to a German-speaking ironmonger, but was baptized as a Catholic. In 1865, he was enrolled at the local gymnasium, but failed his courses and transferred to the Realschule in Budweis, where he met a teacher who encouraged his artistic interests.Brief biography @ Rodon. In 1873, despite this, he followed his father's wishes and entered the . He soon ignored his studies and spent more time at the local art schools, prompting his parents to bring him home to work in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřichův Hradec
Jindřichův Hradec (; german: Neuhaus) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts Town parts of Jindřichův Hradec I–V and villages of Buk, Děbolín, Dolní Radouň, Dolní Skrýchov, Horní Žďár, Matná, Otín, Políkno and Radouňka are administrative parts of Jindřichův Hradec. Geography Jindřichův Hradec is located about northeast of České Budějovice. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands, which is part of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. The highest point is the hill Rýdův kopec at above sea level. The town is situated on the Nežárka river, on the shore of Vajgar pond, which is one of the symbols of the town. It is a large fish pond established in 1399. There is a significant amount of other fish ponds in the municipal territory. History The predecessor of today's town was a Slavic gord. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word ''fresco'' ( it, affresco) is derived from the Italian adjective ''fresco'' meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting. The word ''fresco'' is commonly and inaccurately used in English to refer to any wall painting regardless of the plaster technology or binding medium. This, in part, contributes to a misconception that the most geographically and temporally common wall painting technology was the painting into wet lime plaster. Even in appar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Gallery In Prague
The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Czech and international fine art in permanent and temporary exhibitions. The collections of the gallery are not housed in a single building, but are presented in a number of historic structures within the city of Prague, as well as other places. The largest of the gallery sites is the Trade Fair Palace (''Veletržní Palác''), which houses the National Gallery's collection of modern art. Other important exhibition spaces are located in the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, the Kinský Palace, the Salm Palace, the Schwarzenberg Palace, the Sternberg Palace, and the Wallenstein Riding School. Founded in 1796, it is one of the world's oldest public art galleries and one of the largest museums in Central Europe. History The history of the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Hauff
Wilhelm Hauff (29 November 180218 November 1827) was a Württembergian poet and novelist. Early life Hauff was born in Stuttgart, the son of August Friedrich Hauff, a secretary in the Württemberg ministry of foreign affairs, and Hedwig Wilhelmine Elsaesser Hauff. He was the second of four children. Young Hauff lost his father when he was seven years old, and his early education was practically self-gained in the library of his maternal grandfather at Tübingen, where his mother had moved after the death of her husband. In 1818 he was sent to the Klosterschule at Blaubeuren, and in 1820 began to study at the University of Tübingen. In four years he completed his philosophical and theological studies at the Tübinger Stift. Writings On leaving the university, Hauff became tutor to the children of the Württemberg minister of war, General Baron Ernst Eugen von Hugel (1774–1849), and for them wrote his ''Märchen'' ( fairy tales), which he published in his ''Märchen Almanach au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Mořic Nágl
František Mořic Nágl (28 May 1889, Kostelní Myslová – October 1944, Auschwitz) was a Czech landscape and Genre art, genre painter of Jewish ancestry. He and his entire family were murdered in the Holocaust. Biography His family owned a farm and the local mill. He began his education in Telč. On the recommendation of his secondary school teachers, he was enrolled at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he studied from 1905 to 1908.Brief biography @ the Telč website. He then transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Academy of Fine Arts and became a student of Hanuš Schwaiger. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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