Vladimír Županský
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Vladimír Županský (September 24, 1869 - September 20, 1928) was a
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painter and graphic artist. He designed posters and book covers. He is best remembered for his curtain painting in the
Vinohrady Theatre Vinohrady Theatre ( cs, Divadlo na Vinohradech) is a theatre in Vinohrady, Prague. Construction began on February 27, 1905. It served as the Theatre of the Czechoslovak Army from autumn 1950 to January 1966. It contains a curtain painted by Vla ...
which is said to "depict a naked Muse of a
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girlish figure descending on
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among inspired artists".www.theatre-architecture.eu
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