František Cína Jelínek (6 June 1882 in Prague-

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– 3 February 1961 in

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) was a Czech landscape painter.

Biography

Born on 6 June 1882 in

, he was the son of an innkeeper. He graduated from high school in Křemencova Street, then switched to the fourth grade art technical college and later studied at the Prague Academy under professors

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and Rudolf Otto von Ottenfeld. His work was realistic and romantic. He painted natural pictures of the landscape outdoors in rural areas;, he did not like the elements of civilization. Its landscape work is full of dynamism. He built a cottage in Křižánky where he spent the rest of his life. His paintings are mainly located in galleries in the

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. He died in

3 February 1961. He was a great athlete - a skier and cyclist and was also one of the first promoters of skiing in Svratka,

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Literature

* Jelínek, František Cína. ''In Slovník českých a slovenských výtvarných umělců 1950-2002''. Ostrava : Výtvarné centrum Chagall, 1999. . Svazek IV., s. 218. * TOMAN, Prokop. ''Nový slovník československých výtvarných umělců''. 3. vyd. Svazek 1. Praha : Rudolf Ryšavý, 1947. Heslo Jelínek, Cína František, s. 428.

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1882 births 1961 deaths Painters from Prague Academy of Fine Arts in Prague alumni 20th-century Czech painters Czech male painters 20th-century Czech male artists Czechoslovak painters {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub

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