Antonin Prochazka - Artist Info

About Antonin Prochazka

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    "The Art of Antonin Prochazka"
    October 17, 2015 by Kytka
    From the website of Tres Bohemes

    Antonin Prochazka was born on June 5, 1882 at Vážany u Vyškova and died on June 9, 1945 in Brno. He was a Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator.

    His work early on was expressionist, as the other members of The Eight (of Hungary) influenced him, mostly Edvard Munch. Then he gradually moved towards cubism.

    After 1925, he left cubism and began to paint his own version of neoclassicism.
    Between 1904 and 1945, Prochazka created over 140 paintings. His largest and most monumental is his Prometheus, Bringing Fire to Mankind (1938), a composition at the Brno Law School. It is a ...

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