Oskar Franz Dvořák

Oskar Franz Dvořák (born May 8, 1899 in Znojmo , † April 13, 1969 there ) was a Czech painter .

Life

Youth and education

Oskar Franz Dvořák (also: Dworschak) was born in Znojmo in 1899 as the second of three sons of the Schattauer ceramic manufacturer Rudolf Dvořák (1863-1926) and Karolina Fritsch (1865-1911). His older brother Rudolf Dvořák (* 1895) also worked as a painter in Znojmo.

Dvořák attended secondary school in Znojmo between 1913 and 1915, where he received his first artistic training from Otto Wünsch . He then graduated from the state technical school in Znojmo from 1915 to 1920 and studied drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics with Schickl (watercolor), Tautenhayn (modeling), Novotny and Schufinsky as well as with Antonio Jacomi , who came from Italy, during a three-year course . The sculptor Hugo Lederer and the painter Alexander Pock also completed their studies at the same educational institution founded in 1872 .

In 1917 the 18-year-old was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army . After a short basic training in the kuk-Landsturm-Marsch-Firma 18, he was deployed to guard Russian prisoners-of-war officers in Hart near Amstetten. He was only able to continue his school education after the end of the war, and in January 1919 he exhibited his first pictures for sale in Znojmo.

Artistic advancement and marriage

Oskar Dvořák then worked from 1921 to around 1935 - most recently as the artistic director of ceramic art - in the Rudolf Ditmar-Urbach pottery factory and - influenced by the fading Vienna Secession - as a painter in Znojmo. In 1924 Oskar Franz Dvořák married Stefanie Skokan (1900–1988) and on February 23, 1925 his only child Oskar Rudolf Dvořák - later Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry of Transport in Vienna - was born.

Oskar Dvořák was a member of the Moravian Art Association (Künstlerhaus Brno), the artists 'association Kunstring in Moravian-Ostrava, the Metzner Association in Reichenberg and chairman of the Znojmo district artists' guild. In 1932 he became a founding member of the Association of Visual Artists West South Moravia and on March 17, 1936 he was elected to the Committee of the Association of Visual Artists South Moravia.

Since his first exhibition in Znojmo in 1923, the painter Oskar Dvořák has participated in more than 30 exhibitions.

Work and last years

Dvořák was fascinated by artistic creation in the great outdoors, saw the landscape flowed around by light and air and felt inspired by the works of Cézanne in their strict, restrained and harmoniously cohesive composition, illuminated by strong colors.

His extensive work - documented photographically by himself - is in the Czech National Gallery , in the South Moravian Museum in Znojmo and in many private collections in Austria, Germany and Russia.

On April 13, 1969, the artist died in Znojmo after a long period of severe suffering and was buried in Brno .

Create

In addition to oil paintings , Oskar Dvořák created countless drawings, watercolors , monotypes and linocuts . Oskar Dvořák did not follow the trends of the time in his painting work. The spectrum of his work ranges from etchings , pen and charcoal drawings and watercolors to around 400 oil paintings. He applied the latter to canvas in strong colors and using his own spatula technique . His motifs were mainly picturesque views of the old town of Znojmo and landscapes from the immediate vicinity, often with the city of Znojmo in the background, as well as still lifes with flowers, fruit and everyday objects. The social art of the 1920s is reflected in his linocuts with figural themes. He signed his work with his initials "OD" or with the name "Oskar Dworschak".

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1923–30: Painting exhibitions, Znojmo Castle
• 1927: National anniversary exhibition in Znojmo
• 1932–1938: Exhibitions by the Association of Visual Artists West South Moravia
• 1934: Special exhibition of the Klimt Znojmo art dealer
• 1934: Second exhibition of the Association of Fine Artists South Moravia, Znojmo
• 1937: South Moravian Art Exhibition, Misslitz
• 1937: Exhibition group of visual artists of the CSR in Aussig
• 1937: Artists' house in Brno
• 1939: Znojmo art exhibition
• 1940–1943: Exhibitions by the Znojmo artists' guild
• 1941: Heimatschau Karl Postl School
• 1942/43: Kunstschau Deutsches Haus
• 1942: Vienna Secession
• 1953: Exhibition Moravian-Krumlov
• 1955: Anniversary exhibition in Znojmo Castle
• 1956: Exhibition of South Moravian Artists - Znojmo Castle
• 1965: Exhibition Historické Znojmo v Malbê a Grafice - Znojmo Castle
• 1967: Bildender Salon 67, House of Art South Moravian Museum Znojmo
• 2004/05: “Oskar Dvořák, Painter of Old Znojmo” South Moravian Museum, Znojmo

literature

• Znojmo weekly newspaper (South Moravia) August 10, 1934
• Catalog of the 2nd exhibition of the Association of Fine Artists of South Moravia
• Catalogs of the Deutsches Haus art exhibitions in 1942 and 1943
• Prokop Toman: Addition to the lexicon of Czechoslovak visual artists
• Prague 1955, p. 49; Nový slovník československých výtvarných umělců. Svazek 2, 5th vyd. Pp. 219-782; 13–224, Praha: Ivo Železný, (New Dictionary of Czechoslovak Artists, Volume 2, 5th Edition. 2000) ISBN 80-237-3633-7
• Construction and Peace magazine , March 22, 1957
• Lidova Democracie magazine , May 8, 1959
• Catalog for the exhibition Historické Znojmo v Malbê a Grafice 1965
• Obituary in Lidova Democracie magazine , April 18, 1969
• Felix Bornemann: Arts and Crafts in South Moravia 1990 , ISBN 3-927498-13-0 , p. 109
• Libor Štruc: Ceramic School in Znojmo, 1872−1922 , Znojmo 1997, p. 15
• Chystá se retrospektiva Oskara Dvořáka, Znojemský týden November 24, 2003, p. 12
• AC. Oskar Dvořák je malířem starého Znojma, Rovnost December 1, 2004
• Catalog for the exhibition “Oskar Dvořák Painter of Old Znojmo”, South Moravian Museum Znojmo 2004/2005

Web links

• Short biography
• Paintings in the collection of the South Moravian Museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brünner Morgenpost No. 278, December 5, 1929, catalog for the exhibition Oskar Dvorak Painter of Old Znojmo 2004/2005