Vojtěch Hynais

Vojtěch Hynais ( born December 14, 1854 in Vienna, † August 22, 1925 in Prague) was a Czech painter, decorator and graphic artist.

Life

Hynais was the son of a Czech tailor who was moved to Vienna and did not want to get an introduction to German schools his children and taught them himself. With sixteen Vojtěch started to study at the Art Academy in Vienna with Professor Feuerbach, from 1874 to 1875 and 1877 in Rome and ended in Paris this later. Here he married in 1883, his wife Augusta Voirinová, with whom he had two children. In 1893 he was appointed professor at the Prague Academy.

Awards

Honorary Doctorate, Fügners Gold Medal, member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts, Officer of the French Legion of Honour.

Works

In his Italian period he painted mainly religious and mythological images for the Czech Hospice in Rome. From 1880 he was involved in the decoration of the Prague National Theatre, where he completed the curtain after the great fire. In addition came from him, among others, the images of peace, Allegory of Spring, summer and autumn. For the Pantheon of the National Museum, he created new decorations and the poster for the anniversary exhibition in 1891. From 1889 to 1892 he worked in the company serves as its first graphic artist. He portrayed many famous people such as the conveyor and Patriots Naprstek Ferdinand Georg von Lobkowicz or the politician Karel Kramář. As a major representative of naturalism and verismo humanism he also painted numerous landscapes.