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* ''Z kulturního světa'', in "Zlatá Praha" (1919), Vol.6, No.36 pg.33
* ''Adolf Liebscher'', in "Humoristické listy" (1887), Vol.12, No.29 pg.43
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liebscher, Adolf 1857 births 1919 deaths 19th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech painters Painters from Prague Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery 19th-century Czech male artists 20th-century Czech male artists Painters from Austria-Hungary
Adolf Liebscher (11 March 1857, in Prague
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– 11 June 1919, in Potštejn
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) was a Czech history painter.
Life and work
After completing his education in the local schools, he went to Vienna, where he attended a three-year course for drawing teachers under Ferdinand Laufberger. He then spent six months preparing to enter a competition for the creation of decorations in the foyer at the National Theater. He received the Second Prize, and his drawings were used for thelunette
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s. Afterwards, he spent several months in Italy.
Upon his return, he received a series of public commissions, including work at the Rudolfinum, the municipal union hall in Písek
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and the government office buildings in Vinohrady and Vyškov. He became a teacher at the Technical University in 1879, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1895 and was named a Professor in 1911.
In 1903, he exhibited a cycle of tempera paintings entitled "Czech Elegy", featuring an iconic portrait crowned with thorns, meant to symbolize the suffering of the Czech nation from the oppression of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. That same year, he painted a portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph.
In addition to his historical scenes, he produced folk-costume studies, altarpieces and illustrations, many of which appeared in the magazines ''Zlatá Praha'' and ''Světozor __NOTOC__
''Světozor'' ("Seeing the World") was a Czech-language illustrated magazine published in 19th and 20th century.
History and profile
''Světozor'' was created by Pavel Josef Šafařík in 1834. Šafařík was inspired by the British p ...
''. Together with his brother Karel
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(who was also an artist), he created a panoramic mural, " The Swedes on the Charles Bridge", for the Mirror Maze at Petřín.
References
Further reading
* Vilém Weitenweber, ''Adolf Liebscher'', in "Zlatá Praha" (1885) Vol.5, No.19 pg.25* ''Z kulturního světa'', in "Zlatá Praha" (1919), Vol.6, No.36 pg.33
* ''Adolf Liebscher'', in "Humoristické listy" (1887), Vol.12, No.29 pg.43
External links
ArtNet: More works by Liebscher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liebscher, Adolf 1857 births 1919 deaths 19th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech painters Painters from Prague Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery 19th-century Czech male artists 20th-century Czech male artists Painters from Austria-Hungary