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Václav Dosbaba
Václav Dosbaba (January 8, 1945 − February 4, 2012) was a Czech painter. He has exhibited in Brno, Louny, Ostrava, Prague, Litomyšl, Zlín and abroad in the U.S., Austria. He joined the Group 4 in 1971. Bibliography * Václav Dosbaba. In: Šlépěje. 1995, č.7, s.50-52,fot. * Schwarz, Jan. Retrospektiva Václava Dosbaby. In: Horácké noviny. Roč. 6, 1995, (01.08.1995), s.7,fot. See also *List of Czech painters This is a list of Czech painters. A * Miroslav Adámek *Mikoláš Aleš * Jiří Anderle *Jaroslav Augusta * Jan Autengruber B * Karel Balcar * Lojza Baránek * Vojtěch Bartoněk * Břetislav Bartoš * Viktor Barvitius * Jan Bauch * Aloi ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dosbaba, Vaclav Czech painters Czech male painters 1945 births 2012 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the EU. The Brno metropolitan area has almost 700,000 inhabitants. Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region. It is the centre of the Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman, and the Office for the Protection of Competition. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties belonging to 13 institutes of higher education and about 89,000 students. Brno Exhibition Centre is among the largest exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louny
Louny (; german: Laun) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Brloh and Nečichy are administrative parts of Louny. Brloh forms an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Etymology The origin of the name Louny is unclear. Older theories, which are less likely, link the name to the personal name Lún, to the Czech word ''lůno'' (literally "womb", but here meaning "valley"), to the bird ''luňák'' (i.e. "Kite (bird), kite"), or even to the Celtic word ''louwn'' ("lawn"). More modern and more likely theories attribute the origin of the name to the Old Czech words ''lunúti'' ("to flow fast") and ''lúňa / lúna'' ("Current (stream), current"), which refer to the local flow of the Ohře River. Geography Louny is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of both population and area, the second largest city in the region of Moravia, and the largest city in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The wider conurbation – which also includes the towns of Bohumín, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová, Petřvald and Rychvald – is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital Prague. Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial engine of the Austrian empire. During the 20th century it was k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litomyšl
Litomyšl (; german: Leitomischl) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,900 inhabitants. It is former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle complex of the Litomyšl Castle, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts Litomyšl is made up of town parts of Lány, Litomyšl-město, Nedošín, Zahájí and Záhradí, and villages of Kornice, Nová Ves u Litomyšle, Pazucha, Pohodlí and Suchá. Nová Ves u Litomyšle and Pohodlí form an exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Litomyšl is located about northwest of Svitavy and southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The town is situated on the Loučná river. There are several fish ponds in the municipal territory, the largest is Velký Košíř in the western p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after the World War I. A large part of the city is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Zlín is made up of 16 city parts and villages: *Zlín *Prštné (Zlín II) *Louky (Zlín III) *Mladcová (Zlín IV) *Příluky (Zlín V) *Jaroslavice (Zlín VI) *Kudlov (Zlín VII) *Malenovice (Zlín VIII) *Chlum *Klečůvka *Kostelec *Lhotka *Lužkovice *Salaš *Štípa *Velíková Etymology There are several legends about the origin of the name of the city, according to which it was derived from ''slín'' (i.e. " marl") or ''zlaté japko'' (i.e. "golden apple"). However, the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Czech Painters
This is a list of Czech painters. A * Miroslav Adámek *Mikoláš Aleš * Jiří Anderle *Jaroslav Augusta * Jan Autengruber B * Karel Balcar * Lojza Baránek * Vojtěch Bartoněk * Břetislav Bartoš * Viktor Barvitius * Jan Bauch * Alois Beer *Josef Konstantin Beer * Jaroslav Benda *Karel Benedík * Vincenc Beneš * Dagmar Berková * František Bílkovský * Oldřich Blažíček * Josef Bolf *Adolf Born * Josef Bosáček * Václav Boštík *Vladimír Boudník *Petr Brandl *Zdenka Braunerová *Oskar Brázda * Jaroslav Brožek *Václav Brožík * Vratislav Hugo Brunner *Alois Bubák *Zdeněk Burian * Jan Burka C *Josef Čapek *František Ringo Čech * Jaroslav Čermák * Jaroslav Černý *Josef Černý *Věnceslav Černý * František Chalupa *Antonín Chittussi * Tomáš Císařovský * Alfons von Czibulka D *Alén Diviš * Čeněk Dobiáš * Václav Dosbaba * Hana Dostalová * František Roman Dragoun * Valentin Držkovic * Josef Dubiel von LeRach *Jan Dungel * Ferd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Painters
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States People * Bronisław Czech (1908–1944), Polish sportsman and artist * Danuta Czech (1922–2004), Polish Holocaust historian * Hermann Czech (born 1936), Austrian architect * Mirosław Czech (born 1968), Polish politician and journalist of Ukrainian origin * Zbigniew Czech (born 1970), Polish diplomat See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Male Painters
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States People * Bronisław Czech (1908–1944), Polish sportsman and artist * Danuta Czech (1922–2004), Polish Holocaust historian * Hermann Czech (born 1936), Austrian architect * Mirosław Czech (born 1968), Polish politician and journalist of Ukrainian origin * Zbigniew Czech (born 1970), Polish diplomat See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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