Jan Konůpek

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{{short description|Czech illustrator, painter and engraver}}
{{short description|Czech illustrator, painter and engraver}}
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{{Infobox artist
{{Infobox artist
| name = Jan Konůpek
| name = Jan Konůpek
| image = Jan Konupek.jpg
| image = Jan Konupek.jpg
| alt = A photograph of a man
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| birth_place = [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|3|13|1883|10|10|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|3|13|1883|10|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
| death_place = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
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| education = [[Czech Technical University in Prague|Prague Polytechnical Institute]]
| education = [[Czech Technical University in Prague|Prague Polytechnical Institute]]
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”’Jan Konůpek”’ (10 October 1883 in [[Mladá Boleslav]]<ref name=”godot”>{{Cite web|title=Jan Konupek|url=http://godotartgallery.com/author.asp?auID=82&cat=21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209120513/http://godotartgallery.com/author.asp?auID=82&cat=21|archive-date=9 February 2012|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Godot Art Gallery}}</ref> – 13 March 1950 in [[Prague]]<ref name=”kaple” />) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[Painting|painter]], [[illustrator]] and [[engraver]]. A list of his graphic works comprises 1448 works and more than 600 book illustrations. He is among the three greatest known Czechs for ”interwar art”, alongside [[František Kobliha]] and [[František Drtikol]].
”’Jan Konůpek”’ (10 October 1883 – 13 March 1950) was a [[]] [[Painting|painter]] and [[engraver]]. A list of his graphic works comprises 1448 works and more than 600 book illustrations. He is among the three greatest known Czechs for ”interwar art”, alongside [[František Kobliha]] and [[František Drtikol]].
==Life and education==
==Studies==
From 1903 to 1906, Jan Konůpek studied architecture at [[Czech Technical University in Prague|Prague Polytechnical Institute]]<ref name=”godot” /> in Prague but under the influence of [[Pavel Janák]] and Václav Vilém Štech, he switched to art.<ref name=”kaple”>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jan Konůpek|url=https://www.galerieubetlemskekaple.cz/umelci/jan-konupek/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Gallery at Bethlehem Chapel|language=cs}}</ref> From 1906 to 1908, he studied in Professor [[Maximilian Pirner]]’s studio.<ref name=godot/>
From 1903 to 1906, studied architecture at [[Czech Technical University in Prague|Prague Polytechnical Institute]]<ref name=”godot” / but under the influence of [[Pavel Janák]] and Václav Vilém Štech, he switched to art.<ref name=”kaple”>{{Cite web|title=Jan Konůpek|url=https://www.galerieubetlemskekaple.cz/umelci/jan-konupek/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 July 2020|website=Gallery at Bethlehem Chapel|language=cs}}</ref> From 1906 to 1908, he studied in Professor [[Maximilian Pirner]]’s studio.<ref name=godot/>
Konůpek died on 13 March 1950 in [[Prague]].<ref name=”kaple” />
==Art==
==Art==
File:Oheň Moudrosti, Jan konupek 1926.png|”Oheň Moudrosti”, 1926
Being one of the founding members of Sursum, a Czech second-generation [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] movement group, he drew inspiration from medieval mysticism, and Gothic and Baroque architecture. His works from the early 20th century, influenced by symbolism and [[Gustav Klimt]], are considered his best. He illustrated symbolist literature as well as works by [[Karel Jaromír Erben]] (”[[Kytice]]”) and [[Karel Hynek Mácha]] (”[[Máj]]”) and many others.<ref name=kaple/>
Being one of the founding members of Sursum, a Czech second-generation [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolist]] movement group, he drew inspiration from medieval mysticism, and Gothic and Baroque architecture. His works from the early 20th century, influenced by symbolism and [[Gustav Klimt]], are considered his best. He illustrated symbolist literature as well as works by [[Karel Jaromír Erben]] (”[[Kytice]]”) and [[Karel Hynek Mácha]] (”[[Máj]]”) and many others.<ref name=kaple/>
==Gallery==
<gallery widths=”175px” heights=”250px” perrow=”4″>
File:Oheň Moudrosti, Jan konupek 1926.png|”Oheň Moudrosti”, 1926
</gallery>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1950 deaths]]
[[Category:Czech male painters]]
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[[Category:20th-century Czech painters]]
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[[Category:People from Mladá Boleslav]]
[[Category:People from Mladá Boleslav]]
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