Karel Vítězslav Mašek (1 September 1865,

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- 24 July 1927, Prague) was a Czech painter, architect, illustrator and art professor.

Life

He studied briefly at the

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with Antonín Lhota then, in 1884, transferred to the

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where he was a member of "Škréta" (

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s), a Czech young artists' association, and studied with Alexander von Wagner. In 1887, he accompanied

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and František Dvořák to Paris, studying at the

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with

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and

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. It was there that he became acquainted with

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. he returned to Prague in 1888 and two years later joined the "", or "Kunstverein für Böhmen" (Fine Arts Unit), an association which included many members of the Czech nobility who were devoted to the promotion of art. From 1898, he was a professor at the

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Josef Čapek Josef Čapek (; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word "robot", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek. ...

is, perhaps, his best-known student. He was also interested in architecture and designed his own villa in 1901. In his later years, he was involved in engineering issues related to the growth of Prague and its agglomeration with neighboring towns.

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Mašek

AAAD website, Prague: Chronology and critical analysis of Mašek
* List of Works relating to Mašek in the

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