Jaroslav Špillar (11 October 1869,

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– 20 November 1917, Dobřany) was a Czech artist who specialized in painting the

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("Rangers").

Life

He was the son of a financial officer. His brothers

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and Rudolf also became artists. In 1885, he became one of the first students at the

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in Prague, where he studied under

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and

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. He then spent five years at the

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with Maxmilián Pirner. This was followed by the traditional study trip to Italy, as well as several other places abroad. In 1888, he had become interested in the Chod region and settled there in 1891. At first, he lived in Postřekov, then moved to the small village of Trávniky, where the local residents gave him the nickname ''Trávníček''. Later (in 1902), he built a villa in Pec where he hosted many celebrities.

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spent his honeymoon there in 1906. Sadly, in 1904, Špillar began to display signs of a potentially serious mental disorder. He eventually had to be committed to the psychiatric hospital in Dobřany, where he died. Most of his paintings and other ethnographic materials are kept in the at the Muzeum Chodska in

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Selected paintings

File:Jaroslav Špillar Sběr brambor.jpg, Harvesting Potatoes (1900) File:Jaroslav Spillar Altenteil 1904 Domazlice, Galerie Spillar.jpg, Elderly Couple (1904) File:Jaroslav Spillar Familie aus dem Chodenland 1900.jpg, Chodové Family (1900) File:Jaroslav Spillar Turteltaube.jpg, "Lovebird" (1900)

Sources/Further reading

* Bucha, František X.: ''Jaroslav Špillar. Studie života a díla'', Baar Company, Domažlice (1946). * Čadík, Jindřich: ''Průvodce výstavou obrazů Jaroslava a Karla Špillara:k výročí osmdesátých narozenin Jar. Špillara a k upomínce desetiletí od smrti Karla Špillara'', Exhibition catalog of the Museum of West Bohemia in Plzeň (1949) * ''Jaroslav Špillar : seznam prací na výstavě jeho r. 1903 v Domažlicích se životopisem'', Exhibition catalog of the Domažlice Museum (1903) * ''Souborná výstava Jaroslava Špillara / Topičův salon v Praze 15.1.–15.2.1899'', Exhibition catalog, Topičův salon, Prague (1899) * Wenig, Jan: ''Malíř chodského lidu Jaroslav Špillar.'' Regional Publishers, Plzeň (1960).

External links

* Toulavá Kamera (Wandering Camera, Czech Television): Search results for "Jaroslav Špilla

(videos)
Špillar Brothers Gallery at the Muzeum Chodska
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