Jan Slavíček (22 January 1900 – 5 April 1970) was a Czech painter, son of painter
Antonín Slavíček
Antonín Slavíček (16 May 1870 – 1 February 1910) was a Czech Impressionist painter who worked mostly in the area surrounding Kameničky.
Life
In 1887, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, where he studied landscape painting with Ju ...
(1870–1910), brother of director and editor
Jiří Slavíček and the successor of the Slavíček family.
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Life
He studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague under Jan Preisler, Vratislav Nehleba, Max Švabinský and Otakar Nejedlý (1916–1925).
He was a member of SVU Mánes starting in 1922 and has undertaken a number of study trips to France (including Corsica), Italy, Spain, England, Greece, the USSR and Yugoslavia.
From 1937 to 1970 he lived in the rear wing of the Hrzánský Palace in Hradčany, painting the views of Prague from his studio window.
Awards
*1953 Klement Gottwald State Prize laureate
*1967 National Artist
Slavíček had been known for his still life and landscape painting including many painting of views in Prague. He dealt with the impulses of French fauvism in his early years, but soon found his own painting expression, based on sensual realism. Many landscapes use the
Orlické Mountains
The Orlické Mountains ( cs, Orlické hory, pl, Góry Orlickie, german: Adlergebirge) or Eagle Mountains are a mountain range located mainly in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is a mesoregion of the Central Sudetes. They follow ...
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References
External links
Informační systém abART – osoba:Slavíček Jan
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1900 births
1970 deaths
20th-century Czech painters
Czech male painters
Czech Impressionist painters
Painters from Prague
20th-century Czech male artists