Antonín Procházka (5 June 1882, in Vážany – 9 June 1945, in Brno) was a Czech

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painter and graphic artist.

Biography

He graduated from the gymnasium in

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then, in 1902, began studies at the

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with

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and

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.Biographical notes
@ Osobnosti. In 1907, he and his classmate,

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, joined the group "" ("The Eight"), together with

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, Otakar Kubín, Bedřich Feigl, and . It was then that he was introduced to the newest art movements, such as Fauvism and Cubism. In 1911, he married the German painter, , whom he had met while travelling. Two years later,

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invited him, Filla, Kubin and Vincenc Beneš to participate in the '' Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon'' (Autumn Salon) in Berlin, where he displayed a Cubist still-life. He became a drawing teacher at a girls' school in Brno in 1924. There, in 1938, he created a monumental painting, "Prometheus Bringing Fire to Mankind" for

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. During the

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, he provided illustrations for a collection of folk ballads by

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. From 1909 to 1911, and again from 1923 to 1929, he was a member of the

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. Originally an

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, he moved through Cubism to create his own personal form of

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. He also created some small equestrian statues of President

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. In 1946, he received the posthumous title of "" (People's Artist) from the Czechoslovak Republic. A street in Brno is named after him.

Selected paintings

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References

External links

The Art of Antonín Procházka
@ Très Bohèmes
ArtNet: More works by Procházka.
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Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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