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Jakub Obrovský (December 24, 1882 – March 31, 1949) was a Czechoslovak
art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
ist, sculptor and writer.


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Jakub Obrovský was born in
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 ...
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. He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague with
Celda Klouček Celda Klouček (born Celestýn Klouček; 6 December 1855, Senomaty – 14 October 1935, Prague) was a Czech sculptor, designer, teacher, and paleontologist. Life and work He began his studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in P ...
, EK Liška and Stanislav Sucharda (1897-1901) and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts with Max Pirner (1901-1905). In 1919 he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, and later served as the rector. Obrovský favored women's figures in his paintings, and often sculpted figures of athletes. He designed early stamps of the new Republic of
Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...
: the lion escaping from its chains (28 October 1919) and the allegory of economy (1920). In 1932 he won a bronze medal for Czechoslovakia in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Odysseus" (see
Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics Art competitions were held as part of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes. Art com ...
). Obrovský died in
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 ...
. His daughter
Jana Obrovská Jana Obrovská (13 September 1930 – 4 April 1987) was a Czech composer. Biography Jana Obrovská was born in Prague, the daughter of painter and sculptor Jakub Obrovský. Her early studies were piano with B. Kabeláčová-Rixová and theory wi ...
(1930 – 1987) became a noted Czech composer.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrovsky, Jakub 1882 births 1949 deaths Artists from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions Czechoslovak sculptors