Jaroslav Panuška (3 March 1872 – 1 August 1958) was a Czech painter and illustrator.
Biography
Born in 1872 in
Hořovice
Hořovice (; german: Horschowitz, Horvitz, Horowitz) is a town in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Hořovice is made up of only one administrative part.
His ...
, Jaroslav Panuška was the son of a land surveyor. He studied art in Prague under
Julius Mařák, becoming one of the leading representatives of his school. During the 1890's he was particularly prominent among Prague artists,
and is mostly known for his disturbing treatment of themes related to death, loneliness and the supernatural.
From 1923 until his death in 1958, he lived in Kochánov (part of
Světlá nad Sázavou). The so-called Panuška's Oak in Kochánov belonged among frequent subjects of his paintings. Panuška is buried in Světlá nad Sázavou.
Legacy
Panuška's paintings are part of private collections and public museums such as the
National Gallery Prague
The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Cze ...
.
His works have been included in the annual inter-disciplinary exhibition on 19th century issues, at the West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen. In 2014 the theme was ''On the Edge of the Crowd: Art and the Social Question'' in the 19th Century, and in 2016 ''Elements Inside Us: Catastrophe and Its Reflection in the 19th Century Culture''.
The Czech black metal band
Master's Hammer
Master's Hammer are a black metal band from the Czech Republic. The band has remained active with several lineup changes between 1987 and 1995, with a reunion from 2009 to the present.
It is considered one of the most representative groups of i ...
released a song about the artist titled "Panuška", in their 2014 studio album ''
Vagus Vetus''.
Further reading
* BOUČKOVÁ, Jitka: Jaroslav Panuška. East Bohemian Gallery Pardubice, 1978.
* HANEL, Olaf: Jaroslav Panuska (1872-1958). Museo Checo de Bellas Artes de Praga, 1994.
* STEJSKAL, Vladimír: Palette with wine: reading about Jaroslav Panuška. Havlíčkův Brod: Krajské nakladatelství, 1953.
* SCNEIDEROVÁ, Martina, ODEHNALOVÁ, Markéta: Jaroslav Panuška (1872-1958). Havlíčková Brod Fine Arts Gallery, 2012.
* VALEČKA, Jaroslav st: Jaroslav Panuška (1872-1958): A guide to his life and work. Hradec Králové: Milan Hodek - Paper Jam, 2016.
References
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Czech graphic designers
1872 births
1958 deaths
People from Hořovice
Czech male painters
Czech illustrators