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1884 Vlckovice, Bohemia, Czechoslavakia - 1918 Prague, Czechoslavakia. Known for: Expressive still life, figure and portrait oil painting and charcoal drawing.
Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlckovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague) was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine... Read full biography
Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlckovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague) was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague*, but left in 1906 to study at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti in Florence. He,... Read full biography
Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlckovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague) was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague*, but left in 1906 to study at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti in Florence. He, Emil Filla, Antonín Procházka, and five others founded Osma* (The Eight), an Expressionist-oriented group of artists. Kubišta came to his individual expression gradually, at first he was influenced by... Read full biography
Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlckovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague) was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague*, but left in 1906 to study at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti in Florence. He, Emil Filla, Antonín Procházka, and five others founded Osma* (The Eight), an Expressionist-oriented group of artists. Kubišta came to his individual expression gradually, at first he was influenced by the work of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. He educated himself in philosophy and optics, and studied colour and the geometrical construction of painting. Kubišta, like several other Czech artists of his generation, was strongly affected by the 1905... Read full biography
Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlckovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague) was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague*, but left in 1906 to study at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti in Florence. He, Emil Filla, Antonín Procházka, and five others founded Osma* (The Eight), an Expressionist-oriented group of artists. Kubišta came to his individual expression gradually, at first he was influenced by the work of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. He educated himself in philosophy and optics, and studied colour and the geometrical construction of painting. Kubišta, like several other Czech artists of his generation, was strongly affected by the 1905 Edvard Munch exhibition in Prague. Together with Emil Filla he established the artistic group Osma in 1906 or 1907. He worked in... Read full biography
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Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlckovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague) was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague*, but left in 1906 to study at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti in Florence. He, Emil Filla, Antonín Procházka, and five others founded Osma* (The Eight), an Expressionist-oriented group of artists.
Kubišta came to his individual expression gradually, at first he was influenced by the work of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. He educated himself in philosophy and optics, and studied colour and the geometrical construction of painting.
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