Jaroslav Čermák
Jaroslav Čermák (born August 1, 1830 in Prague , † April 23, 1878 in Paris ) was a Czech painter .
Life
Čermák studied from 1847 at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts under Christian Ruben , continued his studies in Munich in 1849 and, after a trip to Dresden , Berlin and Düsseldorf, in Antwerp under Gustave Wappers . In 1850 he joined the Gallaitain gallery in Brussels and lived in Belgium until 1857 . He then stayed in France , on the Riviera and in the Pyrenees . He traveled to Dalmatia and Bohemia , visited Italy from 1865 to 1867 , before settling in Roscoff in Brittany in 1869 . In 1873 Čermák was offered the post of director of the Prague Academy. He did not accept the position for personal reasons. He is buried in the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.
He came from the Prague academic family Czermak . The psychiatrist Joseph Czermak and the physiologist Johann Nepomuk Czermak were his brothers.
meaning
Although he spent most of his life abroad, he never lost touch with home. In his pictures he created national and historical themes from Bohemian history, especially from the Hussite period . He also portrayed the battles of the southern Slavs in Montenegro against the Turks. In addition to historical and genre paintings, Čermák also painted still lifes and portraits.
Stylistically, his pictures testify to an academic understanding and are borne by romantic pathos.
Works
- Fisherman with a boy , oil on canvas, 62.5 × 47.5 cm (Prague, National Gallery , inv.no. O 10255), 1857.
- Montenegrin Madonna , oil on canvas, 122 × 89 cm (Prague, National Gallery, inv.no.O 1830), around 1865.
- Montenegrin woman , oil on panel, 35 × 25.5 cm (Kooperativa collection, Wiener Städtische Versicherung), around 1865.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Čermák, Jaroslau . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, p. 321 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Czermak, Jaroslaw . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 386 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eduard Siblík: Le peintre Jaroslav Čermák 1830–1878. Prague and Paris 1930
- Jaroslav Čermák. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 161.
- Sáva Šabouk: Encyklopedie světového malířstvi. Academia ČSAV, Prague 1975.
- Věra Soukupová: Jaroslav Čermák. Odeon Prague 1981.
- Markéta Theinhardt: Jaroslav Čermák, un peintre tchèque entre Paris et les Balkans . in: Le voyage dans les confins. Center Interdisciplinaires de Recherches Center-Européennes, Paris 2003.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Čermák, Jaroslav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaroslav Cermak |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1878 |
| Place of death | Paris |