Bedřich Feigl (also known as Friedrich Feigl; 6 March 1884 – 17 December 1965) was a Czech-Jewish painter, graphic designer and illustrator.

Biography

Feigl studied at the

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with

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and Franz Thiele. In 1906, he travelled through Europe with

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and Antonín Procházka. In

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he became familiar with the art of

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. In 1907 he attended the first exhibition in Prague Group Eight. Feigl lived for a long time in Berlin and New York. He fled Prague in 1939 and settled in London, with his wife, where he died in 1965. His works are placed in galleries around the world.

Bibliography

*Bedřich Feigl - ''Obrazy, kresby a grafika. Praha : Židovské muzeum v Praze'', 2007. 72 s. .

References

1884 births 1965 deaths Czech illustrators Czech graphic designers Academy of Fine Arts in Prague alumni 20th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech male artists Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom Illustrators from Bohemia Czechoslovak illustrators {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub