Jaroslav Špillar

Jan Mulač : Jaroslav Špillar (1899)

Jaroslav Špillar, Old Part (Domažlice, Gallery Špillar), 1904

Jaroslav Špillar (born October 11, 1869 in Pilsen , † November 20, 1917 in the asylum Dobřany ) was a Czech painter.

Life

Jaroslav Špillar was the older brother of the painter Karel Špillar . He attended the arts and crafts school in Prague in 1885 and was a student of František Ženišek and Jakob Schikaneder . From 1887 to 1890 he studied at the academy under Pirner and Sequens. In 1888 he got to know the Chodian region in southwest Bohemia with its rich folk culture and settled here in Postřekov in 1891 , later in Pec pod Čerchovem . Špillar made numerous trips to Italy , Paris , Jassy in Romania , where he was involved in the painting of a church in 1893, Bulgaria and several times to Munich . Since 1904 he had a mental illness that increasingly prevented him from continuing to work. He was buried in the family grave in Šťáhlavy .

Works

Jaroslav Špillar was successful as a painter during his lifetime. He mainly created realistic genre pictures depicting the folk culture of the Chodian region. They are also valuable from an ethnographic point of view, as they accurately represent numerous folk customs. In Domažlice there is the Špillar Gallery , which shows works by him and his brother Karel.

• The Old Woman (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), oil on canvas, 70 × 45 cm
• The bagpiper as a guest (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), oil on canvas, 100 × 98 cm
• The elderly part (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), oil on canvas, 90 × 65 cm
• Misunderstanding (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), oil on canvas
• The Village Photographer (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1891, oil on canvas, 73 × 100 cm
• In Postřekov (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1893, oil on canvas
• Chodic Wedding (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1893, oil on canvas, 102 × 168 cm
• Compassion (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1894, oil on canvas, 100 × 75 cm
• Corporal labor (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1897, oil on canvas, 111 × 182 cm
• The Forsaken Bride (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1898, oil on canvas, 115 × 85 cm
• The Artist's Son (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1900, oil on canvas, 78 × 65 cm
• The village doctor with the sick boy (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1901, oil on canvas, 76 × 96 cm
• Woman in Fur (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1901, oil on canvas, 70 × 45 cm
• Mardi Gras (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1901, oil on canvas, 159.5 × 200 cm
• Digging potatoes (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1902, oil on canvas, 114 × 120 cm
• Elderly part (Domažlice, Špillar Gallery), 1904, oil on canvas, 116 × 100 cm
• Bring in wood (Domažlice, Galerie Špillar), 1913, oil on canvas, 114 × 119 cm

literature

• František Xaver Bucha: Jaroslav Špillar. Study života a díla (= Knihovna Baarovy společnosti. Sv. 7, ZDB -ID 2649325-1 ). Baarova společnost, Domažlice 1946.
• Jan Little: Maliř chodského lidu Jaroslav Špillar. Krajské nakladatelství, Plzeň 1960.

Web links

Commons : Jaroslav Špillar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files