Václav Jan Emanuel Radimský (6 October 1867 – 31 January 1946) was a Czech
impressionist
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painter who resided in France at the turn of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. He was highly influential on French impressionism.
Life
Radimský was born in
Kolín
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,
Czech Republic
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he was the son of lawyer and politician Václav Radimský. He studied landscapes at
Eduard von Lichtenfels in Vienna and in Munich at Eduard Schleich. In 1889, he left for France and around 1891 to Barbizon. In Giverny, he influenced a group of painters who resided in Claude Monet. He met French impressionist
Camille Pissarro
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( ; ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). ...
and formed Radim Fine Art Manuscript.
Exhibitions and awards
In 1894, Radimský exhibited at the Salons in Paris, he was awarded the Etudes de Fougeres painting as the youngest painter ever. A year later he received the gold medal in Rouen and in 1900 at the World Expo in Paris. He kept in touch with his homeland and participated in exhibitions of Krasoumna Unity. Eighty-eight paintings exhibited at Topic in 1899 introduced the Czech public to the new artistic and visual direction of impressionism. While in France he gained considerable fortune by selling his works, much of his paintings from the begin of his career remain in France. After returning to Bohemia in 1918 he continued successful economic activities, which enabled him to live a wealthy lifestyle.
Selected paintings
*''Stream in Giverny'', 1899
*''Snow on the shore of the Seiny'' (''Winter on the Seině''; ''Winter in Normandy''), 1902
*''Ferns''
*''The Journey in Giverny''
*''Pond with water lilies''
*''Mirroring'' (''Reflection of trees on the water surface'')
*''Landscape from Giverny'', kol. 1900, Oblastní galerie Liberec
Gallery
File:Václav Radimský - Loďka u břehu.jpg, ''Boat on shore''
File:Václav Radimský (1867 - 1946) - Krajina.jpg, ''Country''
Václav Radimský - Most přes potok v Opatovicích.jpg, ''Bridge over the creek in Opatovice''
File:Václav Radimský - Cesta lesem.jpg, ''Journey through the woods''
File:Václav Radimský - Stromy u vody.jpg, ''Trees on water''
File:Václav Radimský - Stavení u rybníka.jpg, ''Building near the pond''
References
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External links
List of works in the Union Catalog of the Czech Republic
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1867 births
1946 deaths
19th-century Czech painters
Czech male painters
Czech Impressionist painters
People from Kolín
19th-century Czech male artists
Painters from Austria-Hungary