Antonín Hudeček (14 January 1872 – 11 August 1941) was a Czech landscape painter.

Biography

Hudeček was born on 14 January 1872 in Ředhošť, Bohemia (now part of

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, Czech Republic). After completing his primary education in

Roudnice Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the red shades of color (in Czech ''rudá'') of the water in ...

, he studied at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague ( cs, Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze; AVU) is an art college in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest art college in the country. The school offers twelve master's degree programs and on ...

, with

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and

Václav Brožík Václav Brožík (french: Vaclav de Brozik ; 6 March 1851, Třemošná – 15 April 1901 Paris) was a Czech painter who worked in the academic style. Life He came from a poor family, studying lithography and porcelain painting through appre ...

; devoting himself mostly to figure painting. From 1891 to 1893, he continued his studies in Munich with

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. He opened a workshop in Prague in 1895.Brief biography
@ the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Shortly after, he joined a group of painters, led by

Julius Mařák Julius Eduard Mařák (29 March 1832, Litomyšl – 8 October 1899, Prague) was a Czech landscape painter and graphic designer. Life His father was an auditor and land registrar. His first painting lessons came while he was still in the Gymnasi ...

, that went for

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painting excursions; mostly in the area around Okoř. In 1898, he held his first major exhibition at the

Mánes Union of Fine Arts The Mánes Association of Fine Artists ( or ''S.V.U.''; commonly abbreviated as ''Manes'') was an artists' association and exhibition society founded in 1887 in Prague and named after painter Josef Mánes. The Manes was significant for its inte ...

, followed by a showing in Vienna in 1900. He made a lengthy trip to Italy and Sicily with

Jan Preisler Jan Preisler (17 February 1872, in Králův Dvůr – 27 April 1918, in Prague) was a Czech painter and art professor. Life Jan Preisler’s family worked in the local iron foundry and he attended the nearby primary schools. From an early age, ...

in 1902, returning to Prague by way of Cologne. After 1909, he worked in the areas near

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and paid several visits to

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. From 1920, he was a regular visitor to

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...

in the

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. In 1927, he settled in the village of

Častolovice Častolovice (german: Častolowitz, Tschastolowitz) is a market town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. It lies around from Hradec Králové History In around 1 ...

, where he lived until his death. He was named a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1930, and received their award for lifetime achievement. The following year, he and his son, Jiří (1910–1971), an aspiring artist, made an extended stay in Venice. He died on 11 August 1941 in Častolovice.

Selected paintings

Antonín Hudecek Blick auf die Burg Okor c1900.jpg, View of Okoř Antonin Hudecek Im Waldesinneren.jpg, Heart of the Forest Antonin Hudecek Blühender Apfelbaum.jpg, Blossoming Apple Tree

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Hudeček.Antonín Hudeček
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Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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