Oskar Brázda (30 September 1887 in

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– 19 December 1977 in Líčkov) was a Czech painter and artist.

Biography

Brázda attended the

Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...

and then, through the imperial scholarship, he studied in Italy. In 1915, in Rome, he married Swedish author Amelie Posse. During

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, he became familiar with

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and actively participated in the first Czechoslovak resistance. The two were even in the years 1915–1916 interned in

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, a town on the island of

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. In 1925, the changing political situation saw him leave Italy and return to his homeland. He lived in Líčkov Castle.Czech Tourism
/ref> He died in 1977. In 1989, his second wife Marie opened the Oskar Brázda Gallery in the castle where visitors can see a number of his works and personal belongings.

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1887 births 1977 deaths People from Pardubice Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni 20th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech male artists {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub

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