Karel Purkyně

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Portrait of Karel Purkyně by Jan Vilimek

Karl Purkyně (born March 15, 1834 in Wroclaw , † April 5, 1868 in Prague ) was a Czech painter and art critic .

Life

Karel Purkyně was the son of the physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně . He was born in Wroclaw because his father was teaching there at the university at the time. From 1851 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and from 1854 to 1855 went to Munich to attend the private school of Johann Baptist Berdellé . At the end of 1856 he completed a one-year study trip to Paris , where he visited the studio of Thomas Couture , but mainly devoted himself to studying the old masters in the Louvre . Between 1858 and 1862 Purkyně participated regularly in the annual Prague exhibitions. In 1861 he briefly studied with Carl Rahl in Vienna and stayed again in Munich in 1865. From 1862 he also worked as an art critic for Czech and German-language magazines.

Purkyně was buried after his early death at the age of 34 in the Vyšehrad Cemetery (Slavin Cemetery) in Prague.

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Karel Purkyně can be regarded as the most important representative of Czech realism . Originally from Romanticism , Purkyně was strongly influenced by French realism. He tried to grasp the essence of things lying behind the surface. Motifs of his painting were especially self-portraits , portraits and still lifes , some in large formats. His personal touch can be seen in the peculiar combination of his realistic conception with romantic reminiscences and in his emphasis on color.

The political blacksmith, reading the Slovenské noviny newspaper, 1860
  • Self-portrait with palette and brush (Prague, National Gallery , inv. No. O 1818), around 1855, oil on canvas, 44 × 34.5 cm
  • Guardian Angel, Triptych: In a Cloudy Landscape - In the Woods - On the Deathbed of the Mother (Prague, National Gallery, inv.no. O 2678, 2679, 2680), 1857, oil on canvas, 35.5 × 47.7 cm, 35.5 × 27.2 cm, 35 × 27.5 cm
  • Betty Reitmayerová (Prague, Presidential Chancellery ), 1858, oil on canvas, 110 × 86 cm
  • Portrait of the blacksmith Jech or The Political Blacksmith (Prague, National Gallery, Inv. No. O 4762), 1860, oil on canvas, 139 × 106 cm
  • Still life with pheasants (Prague, National Gallery, inv.no.O 4793), 1861, oil on canvas, 110.5 × 73.5 cm
  • Snowy Owl (Prague, National Gallery, inv.no.O 4957), 1862, 154.5 × 120.5 cm
  • Design of the Shakespeare parade in Prague , 1864 - study (Prague, National Gallery, inv. No. O 4988), oil on canvas, 27.5 × 53.5 cm
  • Clouds (Prague, National Gallery, inv.no.O 4659), 1866, oil on cardboard, 35 × 26.5 cm
  • The Artist's Children (Prague, National Gallery, inv.no. O 4679), 1868, oil on canvas, 82 × 65 cm

literature

Web links

Commons : Karel Purkyně  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. knerger.de: The grave of Karel Purkyně