Antoš Frolka (13 June 1877 – 8 June 1935), was a

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painter of folk scenes.

Biography

Frolka was born in

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. From a poor family, he was partly self-taught, and partly taught by

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. He tried and failed to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, spent some time at the

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and the academy in Munich. In 1907 he joined the Association of Moravian Artists. In 1914 he received a scholarship to study in Paris, but had to abandon this after six months at the outbreak of the

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. Mobilized and sent to the Eastern Front, Frolka experienced a severe crisis of creativity after the end of the war.

Paintings

Frolka's painting was devoted to the "small moments of everyday life" and to the folk culture of Moravia and Slovakia. He dressed always in Moravian costume and spoke in Moravian dialect. He became widely known as a painter of the Czech and Slovak national revival.

References

Bibliography

*Dušan Holý and Ludmila Holá, ''Antoš Frolka: Mezi paletou a písní. O malíři Frolkovi a jeho rodině''. Brno : Host, 2000. . *Jiří Pajer, ''Antoš Frolka: reprodukované malířské dílo''. Strážnice : Nakladatelství Etnos, 2010. . 1877 births 1935 deaths People from Hodonín District Artists from the Margraviate of Moravia 20th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech male artists Painters from Austria-Hungary Czechoslovak painters {{czechRepublic-painter-stub