Vincent Benes - Artist Info

About Vincent Benes

  • Biography

    Vincenc Beneš (22 January 1883 – 27 March 1979) was a Czech painter.

    Early life and education

    Beneš was born in Lišice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague from 1902 to 1904 and the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague from 1904 to 1907.

    Career
    From 1909 to 1911, and again from 1917 to 1949 he was a member of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts. His style was initially influenced by cubism and fauvism, and he later formed realistic oil paintings, showing the effect of Neo-Classicism. He contributed to the Art Monthly periodical.
    Among his most important works include a series of landscapes for the National Theatr...

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