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Jan Konůpek
Jan Konůpek (October 10, 1883 in Mladá Boleslav – March 13, 1950 in Prague) was a Czech painter, illustrator, and engraver. A list of his graphic works comprises 1448 works and more than 600 book illustrations. He is among the three greatest known Czechs for ''interwar art'', alongside František Kobliha and František Drtikol. Studies From 1903 to 1906, Jan Konůpek studied architecture at Prague Polytechnical Institute in Prague but under the influence of Pavel Janák and Václav Vilém Štech, he switched to art. From 1906 to 1908, he studied in Professor Maximilian Pirner's studio. Art Being one of the founding members of Sursum, a Czech second-generation symbolist movement group, he drew inspiration from medieval mysticism, and Gothic and Baroque architecture. His works from the early 20th century, influenced by symbolism and Gustav Klimt, are considered his best. He illustrated symbolist literature as well as works by Karel Jaromír Erben (''Kytice'') and Karel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive industry (Škoda Auto) and therefore the Czech industry as a whole. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Mladá Boleslav is made up of city parts and villages of Mladá Boleslav I (locally called ''Staré Město'', i.e. "Old Town"), Mladá Boleslav II (locally called ''Nové Město'', i.e. "New Town"), Mladá Boleslav III (locally called ''Podolec''), Mladá Boleslav IV (locally called ''Pták''), Bezděčín, Čejetice, Čejetičky, Chrást, Debř, Jemníky, Michalovice, Podchlumí and Podlázky. Etymology Mladá Boleslav was named after its founder, Duke Boleslaus II, who was called "The Young One" to distinguish him from his father. Because there already was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Pirner
Maximilian Pirner ( cs, Maxmilián Pirner; 13 February 1853 in Sušice – 2 April 1924 in Prague) was a Czech painter. He was a member of the Vienna Secession, and associated with the Mánes Union of Fine Arts. Life and work He was enrolled from 1872 to 1874 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and from 1875 to 1879 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where he studied with his countryman, Josef Matyáš Trenkwald. He remained in Vienna until 1887, although he was not an active participant in the local artistic community. At that time, he became a teacher at the Academy in Prague and was named a Professor there in 1896. Pirner's usual themes were classical mythology (such as his ''Medusa'' (1891) and ''Hecate'' (or ''Hekate'') (1901)) and the macabre (such as ''Sleepwalker'' (or ''Girl in Her Nightie Walks on the Window-Ledge'') (1878), ''Daemon Love'' (1893), and ''Allegory of Death'' (1895)). Pirner completed a number of sketches of female figures, many of them nudes. He also di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Mladá Boleslav
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Czech Male Painters
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1950 Deaths
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1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máj
''Máj'' (Czech for the month ''May''; ) is a romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha in four cantos. It was fiercely criticized when first published, but since then has gained the status of one of the most prominent works of Czech literature; in the Czech Republic, the poem is usually on must-read list for students and is said to be one of the most often published original Czech books with over 250 editions. Setting According to the author's epilogue, the poem is a homage to the beauty of spring. It is set in a bucolic landscape, inspired by such features as a lake then called Big Pond ( cz, Velký rybník), and now called Lake Mácha ( cz, Máchovo jezero), after the poet. The poem's action takes place near the town of Hiršberg. Castles such as Bezděz, Karlštejn, and Křivoklát (Mácha was an avid walker and knew Central Bohemia intimately) also influence the setting of the poem.Marcela Sulak, "Introduction," in Dramatis personae As a dramatic poem (in the byronic sense), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Hynek Mácha
Karel Hynek Mácha () (16 November 1810 – 5 November 1836) was a Czech romantic poet. Biography Mácha grew up in Prague, the son of a foreman at a mill. He learned Latin and German in school. He went on to study law at Prague University; during that time he also became involved in theatre (as an actor he first appeared in Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek's play ''Czech and German'' in July 1832 in Benešov), where he met Eleonora Šomková, with whom he had a son out of wedlock. He was fond of travel, enjoying trips into the mountains, and was an avid walker. Eventually he moved to Litoměřice, a quiet town some 60 km from Prague, to prepare for law school exams and to write poetry. Three days before he was to be married to Šomková, just a few weeks after he had begun working as a legal assistant, Mácha overexerted himself while helping to extinguish a fire and soon thereafter died of pneumonia. The day after his death had been scheduled as his wedding day in Prague. Mách ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kytice
''Kytice z pověstí národních'' (''A Bouquet of Folk Legends''), also known by the short title ''Kytice'' (Czech for '' bouquet''), is a collection of ballads by the Czech author Karel Jaromír Erben. The collection was first published in 1853 and was originally made up of 12 poems. ''Lilie'' was added to the second edition in 1861. # # (Treasure) # (The Wedding Shirts) # (Lady midday) # (The Golden Spinning-Wheel) # (Christmas Eve) # (Little Dove) # (Záhoř's Bed) # (The Water-Goblin) # (Willow) # (Lily) # (Daughter's Curse) # (Seeress) Translations There are two full translations into English in print, Marcela Sulak (2012), ''A Bouquet of Czech Folktales'', Prague, Twisted Spoon Press, and Susan Reynolds (2012), ''Kytice'', London, Jantar Publishing. Marcela Sulak's translation has been used for subtitling performances of Dvořák's adaptations in Prague and the film version at the Warsaw Film Festival. The edition is illustrated with artwork by Alén Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Jaromír Erben
Karel Jaromír Erben (; 7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ... and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection ''Kytice'', which contains poems based on traditional and folklore, folkloric themes. He also wrote ''Písně národní v Čechách'' ("Folk Songs of Bohemia") which contains 500 songs and ''Prostonárodní české písně a říkadla'' ("Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes"), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore. Biography He was born on 7 November 1811 in Miletín near Jičín. He went to college in Hradec Králové. Then, in 1831, he went to Prague where he studied philosophy and later law. He started working in the National Museum (Prague), National Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Amongst his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods. Early in his career, he was a successful painter of architectural decorations in a conventional manner. As he began to develop a more personal style, his work was the subject of controversy that culminated when the paintings he completed around 1900 for the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna were criticized as pornographic. He subsequently accepted no more public commissions, but achieved a new success with the paintings of his "golden phase", ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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