- Václav Brožík
Václav Brožík (
5 March 1851 –15 April 1901 ) was the greatest Czechacademic painter.Since 1868 he studied at the Academy of Arts in
Prague ,Dresden , andMunich . In 1879 he went on study journey to theNetherlands .He married a daughter of a wealthy art dealer in
Paris , who helped him achieve success in French high society. He divided his time between Prague, where he taught at the Academy since 1893, and Paris. In 1896 he was elected as a foreign member and the successor ofJohn Millais in the FrenchAcadémie des beaux-arts . He died suddenly of cardiac failure and is buried at theCimetière de Montmartre .Work
# Eve of Lobkovic Visiting Her Father in Jail (1871)
# Marriage Parade of Queen Kunhuta (1872)
# Parting ofPremysl Ottokar II With His Family Before Marching toAustria (1873)
#Messalina (1876)
# Marriage Parade of Queen Dagmar – Salon 1877
# The Victim of Religious Fanaticism – Salon 1877
# Marriage Delegation of KingLadislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary on Court ofCharles VII of France – Golden Award for foreign artists Salon 1878
# MasterJan Hus onCouncil of Constance (1883)
#Christopher Columbus on Spanish Court (1885)
# Rustical Genre – Salon 1890
# The Belfry in Vilamé,Brittany (1893)
# Nocturno (1901)
#Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor , on Prague Castle Among His Artists (1901)External links
* [http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1006 4 pictures] at
Art Renewal Center en icon
* [http://encyklopedie.seznam.cz/heslo/225330-brozik Otto encyclopedia biography] cs icon
* [http://www.institut-de-france.fr/franqueville/affichage_fiche.cfm?page_acad=brozic.html Académie des beaux-arts biography] fr icon
* [http://www.radio.cz/en/article/37729 Vaclav Brozik - one of the last great painters of historical themes - 19-02-2003 - Radio Prague ] at www.radio.cz
* http://www.citygalleryprague.cz/english/en_stex/en_tz/enetz07.html
* [http://www.batz-hausen.de/1stczech.htm The Brozik stamp from the American Columbian issue ] at www.batz-hausen.de
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