František Dvořák (brunner) 1862 - 1927 Prague "children In The Garden" Study

Czech painter František Dvořák (Brunner)1862 Přelouč – 1927 Prague "Children in the Garden" – Study
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Size: 24 x 32 cm
Signed lower right Fr. Dvořák
Framed under glass

At the age of 17, attracted by the desire for an artistic career, he went to Prague to study at the Academy of Painting with Professor František Čermák.
As his studies were too slow, he went to study at the Vienna Academy with Professors Griepenkerl and Wurzinger. In 1883, he entered the Munich Academy, where he became a student of Professor Otto Seitz and Professor Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger. He then bought a studio in the Schwabing district of Munich, where he began to paint portraits and various genre works, which he exhibited with great success in Munich and at the Berlin Academy, then also in Vienna and also at the Rudolfinum in Prague. This became popular. The most popular paintings of this period were "Faith" and "Love", as well as "Children with a Fan" and "Child with a Dog" and many others. In 1888 he decided to go to France with his Munich classmates Karel Vítězslav Mašek and Alfons Mucha. Later, Luděk Marold[5] joined them. He stayed in Paris and Nice. He then went to Italy, where he painted portraits for English and Americans in Florence and Rome[6]. There he met many famous people and decided to travel to America. He settled in Philadelphia, where he made many friends and also received commissions. On November 19, 1890, an exhibition of his paintings was held at the Hazeltine Galleries. He then held a group exhibition in Washington. He also worked for 6 years in New York, Chicago and Detroit. In 1892, he was one of the artists selected for a joint exhibition of Czech painters in Hodonín.[8] He received praise from art critics. He was awarded several gold and silver medals. He was personally invited to Liverpool for the World's Fair at the Walker Art Gallery. In February 1905, he moved to Prague.