Karel Benedík (6 November 1923 in
Kozojídky
Kozojídky is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Kozojídky lies approximately east of Hodonín, south-east of Brno, and south-east of Prague
...
– 17 January 1997 in
Veselí nad Moravou) was a
Czech painter and restorer.
He first trained as a painter, then studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague ( cs, Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze; AVU) is an art college in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest art college in the country. The school offers twelve master's degree programs and one ...
, and focused on restoration work. He painted landscapes, portraits and also showed an interest in Moravian folk costumes.
His restoration work includes a triptych ceiling in the hall of
Kroměříž Castle
The Kroměříž Castle ( cs, Zámek Kroměříž or ''Arcibiskupský zámek'', german: Schloss Kremsier) is a castle in Kroměříž in the Czech Republic. It used to be the principal residence of the bishops and (from 1777) archbishops of Olomouc ...
, frescoes in the library and the refectory of the
Hradisko Monastery
Hradisko Monastery or Monastery Hradisko (Czech language: ''Klášter Hradisko'' or ''Klášterní Hradisko'', or simply ''Hradiště''; colloquially also: ''Moravský Escorial'', English: ''Castle Monastery'' or ''Hillfort Monastery'') is a f ...
, wall painting in a pharmacy in
Uherské Hradiště and three altarpieces in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in
Kokory.
See also
*
List of Czech painters
This is a list of Czech painters.
A
* Miroslav Adámek
*Mikoláš Aleš
* Jiří Anderle
*Jaroslav Augusta
* Jan Autengruber
B
* Karel Balcar
* Lojza Baránek
* Vojtěch Bartoněk
* Břetislav Bartoš
* Viktor Barvitius
* Jan Bauch
* Aloi ...
References
Further reading
*Surá, Anna:
O malířích Slovácka před Uprkou a po něm''
Masaryk University
Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the seco ...
,
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 ...
, p. 34 - 36.
*Pelikán, Jaroslav; Trachulec Vít: Karel Benedík.
Veselí nad Moravou 1998.
*Mička, Antonín: ''Kozojídky vzdaly hold svému rodákovi'' (Malovaný kraj 40, 2004, No 1., p. 13.
1923 births
1997 deaths
People from Hodonín District
Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni
20th-century Czech painters
20th-century Czech male artists
Czech male painters
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