Mikoláš Aleš
Mikoláš Aleš (18 November 1852 – 10 July 1913) was a
Biography
Aleš was born in
Legacy
Aleš is probably best known today as being one of the painters (the other being František Ženíšek) that redecorated the famous foyer of the Czech National Theatre.[4] Aleš did gain fame during his lifetime, especially for his architectural artwork but his paintings were mostly only praised after his death. Now many streets in the Czech Republic are named after Aleš. Aleš's work, while not embraced by the German Nazis who controlled the Czech lands from 1938 to 1945, was used extensively for propaganda purposes by the later Communist regime especially during the 1950s.[5] He was voted #89 in a 2005 poll regarding the most important Czech.[6]
Descendant of his brother in law Otto Kail is the former President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus.[7]
See also
- List of Czech painters
- Zemská Banka, whose Prague head office has mosaics by Aleš
References
- ^ a b Mikolas Ales' childhood in Mirotice
- ^ Tyman, Jaroslav (2006-08-17). "Mikolas Ales- Gallery". Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ Tyman, Jaroslav (2006-08-17). "Mikolas Ales". Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ "Mikoláš Aleš (18.11.1852 - 10.7.1913): Národní malíř". Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ Čtvrtník, Mikuláš (2007-12-09). "Mikoláš Aleš a jeho druhý život". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "Největší Čech - O projektu". Česká televize. 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "Klaus: Profesor z chalupy". 2 February 2008.
External links
- Mikoláš Aleš on artmuseum.cz
- Media related to Mikoláš Aleš at Wikimedia Commons