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Václav Brožík (6 March 1851, Třemošná - 15 April 1901 Paris) was a Czech painter who worked in the academic style. == Life == He came from a poor family, studying lithography and porcelain painting through apprenticeships. Beginning in 1868, with financial assistance from a local landowner, he was able to attend the art academy in Prague. He made a trip to the Netherlands, where he studied the Old Masters, then settled in Paris (despite not being able to speak French), where a letter of recommendation assured him the support of Jaroslav Čermák. In 1879 he married Hermina Sedelmeyer, daughter of the wealthy Parisian art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer.〔(4 pictures and biography ) at Art Renewal Center〕 For most of his life, he divided his time between Paris and Prague, where he became a Professor at the Art Academy in 1893. He was named a member of the Institut de France, partly through the influence of his father-in-law, who also suggested that he do a painting on the theme "Tu Felix Austria Nube" (from an old saying: "Let others wage war: thou, happy Austria, marry").〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The World of the Habsburgs: Tu Felix Austria Nube in context. )〕 The result pleased Emperor Franz Joseph I, who was involved in an unhappy marriage. As a result, Brožík was elevated to the nobility.〔 He also became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, received the Grand Cross of the Légion d'Honneur〔''Kdo byl kdo v našich dějinách do roku 1918'', by Pavel Augusta. Libri, Prague (1998) p.54 ISBN 80-8598-306-0〕 and was appointed to the Czech Academy of Arts and Sciences.〔Šlechtová, Alena and Levora, Josef: ''Členové České akademie věd a umění 1890–1952'', 2nd edition, Academia Prague (2004) ISBN 80-200-1066-1〕 In 1893, one of his paintings appeared on a United States postage stamp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gerhard Batz: Das erste Kunstwerk eines tschechischen Künstlers auf Briefmarken (United States postage stamp based on a painting by Brožík) )〕 His health began to decline in 1894, but he threw himself into painting even more diligently. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1901 and was buried in Montmartre.〔 Appreciation of his work suffered a serious decline after his death, as it was considered old-fashioned, but a major retrospective in 2003 has created some renewed interest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Václav Brožík」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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