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Adolf Kašpar (27 December 1877 in Bludov – 29 June 1934 in
Adolf Kašpar (27 December 1877 in Bludov – 29 June 1934 in Železná Ruda
Železná Ruda (; ) is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. It is one of the important sports and tourist centres of the Bohemian Forest.
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), was a painter
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and illustrator
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from Bohemia
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and later Czechoslovakia
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Life
The son of a general wares dealer, Kašpar studied at Prague Academy under Maxmilián Pirner. His mentor was Hanus Schwaiger, a famous Czech painter andchildren's book
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illustrator. Schwaiger recommended Kašpar to the academy and exerted much influence over his life and art.
In 1907, Kaspar married to Jitka Řepková in Velehrad
Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské HradiÅ¡tÄ› District in the ZlÃn Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints ...
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Works
Kašpar perfected his pieces by collecting information from Czech literature. He became famous by illustrating '' The Grandmother'' (), a book by the Czech authorBožena Němcová
Božena Němcová () (4 February 1820 in Vienna – 21 January 1862 in Prague) was a Czech writer of the final phase of the ''Czech National Revival'' movement.
Her image is featured on the 500 CZK denomination of the Česká koruna.
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. His illustrations can also be found in other works by Alois Jirásek
Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851 – 12 March 1930) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of histor ...
, Jan Neruda
Jan Nepomuk Neruda (Czech: �jan ˈnɛpomuk ˈnɛruda 10 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the " May School".
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, Karel Václav Rais
Karel Václav Rais (January 4, 1859 – July 8, 1926) was a Czech realist novelist, author of the so-called ''country prose'', numerous books for youth and children, and several poems.
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Rais was born into the family of a simple farm ...
and František Ladislav Čelakovský. During this time, he also worked as graphic artist and made watercolors and pictures of his birthplace.
Memorials
*Adolf Kašpar Memorial inLoštice
Loštice (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. The town is known for the production of aromatic cheese called ''Olomoucké tvarůžky''.
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. The memorial is situated in the house where Kašpar used to spend summers with his family from 1911 to 1932. The artist's family and friends helped to assemble his masterpieces for the memorial's art collection.
Notes
1877 births 1934 deaths Illustrators from Bohemia Czechoslovak illustrators Painters from Bohemia Czechoslovak painters Artists from Olomouc Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery {{Illustrator-stub