Vaclav Radimsky (1867 - 1946)
1867-10-06Kolín, Czech Republic1946-01-31Pašinka, Czech RepublicFrance, Czech Republic
Vaclav Radimsky
Václav Jan Emanuel Radimský was a Czech landscape painter. He is considered one of the most important representatives of Czech impressionism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied painting at the academies of fine arts in Munich and Vienna.
Václav Radimský came to France in the early 1890s to study at the Barbizon School. In Giverny he joined a group of painters that also included Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, who had an indelible influence on his painting style.
Václav Radimský is considered to be one of the first Czech painters to achieve artistic and commercial success in France and to gain great recognition in French society.
Date and place of birt: | 6 october 1867, Kolín, Czech Republic |
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Date and place of death: | 31 january 1946, Pašinka, Czech Republic |
Nationality: | France, Czech Republic |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Landscape painter, Painter |
Art school / group: | Barbizon School |
Genre: | Landscape painting, Rural landscape |
Art style: | Impressionism |