On May 15, the future artist was born into a large and not very wealthy family in the town of Šlapanice; however, his parents eventually managed to send their son to study at the gymnasium of the city of Brno, where he discovered his fine arts skills.
1875 - 1934
Alois Kalvoda
description
A Czech and Slovak Impressionist painter, graphic artist, landscape painter, talented teacher and writer, art critic, one of the pioneers of Czech and Slovak Impressionism, as well as Symbolism and modernism. The active civil position of the artist was reflected in his work on the creation of private painting schools, and then in the participation of the establishment of the Association of Moravian Artists.
Key ideas:
– Alois Kalvoda was a famous master of lightning, one of the most prominent Czech landscape painters of the late 19th – early 20th century. His paintings are a world colorful and elegant even in winter.
– Impressionist paintings by A. Kalvoda created with confident sweeping strokes convey the vivid sensations characteristic of the open-air technique of visual art.
– He used simple motives of his native Czech landscape. The typical heroes of the master’s canvases were meadows, including those with haystacks, streams and trees, especially birches, sometimes scattered on rather steep slopes.
1875
1892 - 1897
1900
1901 - 1902
1905
1907
1923 - 1927
1932
1934
1936
The birth of the artist
He studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts
He studied at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts, where one of his teachers was famous landscape painter Julius Marak.
Moved to Paris
The talented graduate of the Academy received a scholarship, which allowed him to go to Paris and other European cities.
Moved to Munich
Moved to Munich, where he worked hard; hid paintings were shown at two exhibitions of the Union of Fine Arts named after Julius Marak. During his career, Kalvoda organized almost 12 personal exhibitions in his motherland; also, he exhibited paintings in Vienna and Berlin, Warsaw and Rome, Pittsburgh, Paris and St. Louis, in the cities of Russia, Italy, and America.
He married Anna Fastrova
He married Anna Fastrova, settled in the town of Krivoklat, where he organized a private school of painting.
Became one of the founders and a member of the Association of Moravian Artists
Became one of the founders and a member of the Association of Moravian Artists.
He was the head of a private school of painting
He was the head of a private school of painting in a small historical village-castle Beharov.
The painter’s book of memoirs was published
The painter’s book of memoirs was published.
The death of the artist
On June 25, he died in the town of Běhařov. He was buried in the cemetery of his native town Slapanice. In 1998, a monument to the artist was built on his grave.
An exhibition-memorial was organized in Prague
An exhibition-memorial was organized in Prague; 110 works of the artist were exhibited there.