Miloš Jiránek
Miloš Jiránek , pseudonym Václav Zedník (born November 19, 1875 in Luschetz an der Moldau , Melnik district ; † November 2, 1911 in Prague ), was a Czech neo-impressionist painter, art critic, author and translator.
Life
Miloš Jiránek's father was a Protestant landowner. The mother came from a rich farming family. While attending grammar school in Prague, Jiránek lived with Jaroslav Vrchlický . The linguistically gifted high school student was allowed to use the well-stocked library of the host and read authors in the original. In 1894 he enrolled at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University , but a year later he switched to Maxmilián Pirner at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague . In 1896 Vojtěch Hynais became his teacher. In 1897 Jiránek joined the Mánes Art Association in Prague . The association had published the Volné směry magazine since 1896 . Jiránek wrote for the paper from 1899. He wrote an entry on František Bílek for the Thieme-Becker artist lexicon .
In February 1900 Jiránek traveled to Venice via Munich and Trieste . In the autumn of the same year, he and his friend Arnošt Hofbauer (1869–1944), a Prague painter and graphic artist, visited the Paris World Exhibition . Jiránek met Auguste Rodin and on the occasion paved the way for the exhibition of Rodin's works in Prague in 1902. In 1903 Jiránek went to Slovakia for three years and worked there on his Tatra cycle.
In 1910 Jiránek had his first exhibition in the gallery in the “Topičův salon” on Prague's National Avenue .
Jiránek died of tuberculous meningitis the following year . He is buried in the first of the Olšany cemeteries in Prague in the first section, grave 85.
family
Miloš Jiránek married Antonína Zedniková in 1905. The couple lived on the Hradschin for some time . Jiránek painted views of Prague Castle . The daughter Milada was born in 1911.
Fonts (selection)
- with Vojtěch Preissig : Colored etchings. Edward Preissig, New York 1906.
- Josef Mánes . Manes, Prague 1909.
- Antonín Slavíček. Výbor z jeho díla . Manes, Prague 1910.
- Hanuš Schwaiger . Manes, Prague 1912.
- O českém malířství moderním. Z. Jeřábek, Prague 1934.
- Literární dílo. F. Borový, Prague 1936.
literature
- Jiránek, Miloš . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 568 .
- Jiránek, Miloš. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 114.
- Tomáš Winter (Ed.): Miloš Jiránek. Zápas o moderní malbu, 1875–1911 . Gallery výtvarného uměni, Eger 2012.
Web links
- Literature by and about Miloš Jiránek in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Tomáš Winter: Entry on gavu.cz
- Entry on ngprague.cz
- Entry in the information system abART
Individual evidence
- ↑ for example: Free travel
- ↑ Founder: František Topič (1858-1941)
- ↑ Czech: Olšanské hřbitovy, I. obecný hřbitov, 1. oddělení, hrob 85.
- ^ Antonín Slavíček . Selection from the factory
- ↑ About Czech modern painting
- ↑ The literary work
- ↑ Miloš Jiránek. The struggle for the modern painting .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jiránek, Miloš |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zedník, Václav (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech painter, art critic, author and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luschetz an der Moldau , Melnik district |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1911 |
| Place of death | Prague |