František Seraf Sequens, or Franz Sequens, (21 November 1836, Pilsen - 14 June 1896, Prague) was a Czech church and history painter.

Biography

After completing his primary education at the Realschule in Prague, he became a student at the Academy of Fine Arts. The following year (1854), he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied with

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. Later, he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in

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. His principal instructor there was

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. In 1860, he returned briefly to Prague. He then spent seven years in Rome; by courtesy of a scholarship. He initially created history paintings, but eventually became associated with the Nazarene movement and devoted himself entirely to religious works. Many of his portraits of saints were stylized after Early Roman and Byzantine models. He returned to Pilsen in 1868, where he married the daughter of a local pianist, Josef Gerlach. They settled in Prague and he developed a working relationship with the architect,

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. In 1880, he succeeded

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as Professor of Religious and History Painting at the Prague Academy. He also served as

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there for the years 1882 to 1883, 1884 to 1885, 1886 to 1887 and 1890 to 1893. His lectures were very popular. Of his ninety-eight students, the best known include

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, František Kupka,

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, and Maxmilián Pirner. After 1875, he was a member of the Christian Academy and headed the art department there. He was also an active member of the committee for planning the renovation of St. Vitus Cathedral. FFom 1880, he sat on the supervisory commission for the City of Prague Museum. He was elected a member of the in 1890.

Sources

Biography
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Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, cont ...

'' (in fraktur)
''Zlata Praha'' 1895/96, Vol. 12, pg. 381

''Svetozor'' 1895/96, Vol. 33, pg. 395

''Humoristicke listy'' 29, 1887, Vol. 14, pg. 112
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External links

Sequens @ abART
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sequens, Frantisek 1836 births 1896 deaths Czech painters Religious painters Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague Artists from Plzeň