Vlastimil Rada
Vlastimil Rada (5 April 1895 – 22 December 1962) was a Czech painter and book illustrator.
Rada was born in České Budějovice in 1895. His father, Petr Rada, was a drawing teacher. In 1904 he moved to Prague with the family. In Prague, Rada graduated from a private art school, and, subsequently, between 1912 and 1919, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts.[1][2]
Between 1946 and 1962 Rada worked at the art school affiliated with the Academy of Fine Arts.[2]
Rada was a figurative painter. His earlier works typically use dark colours. In the 1920s, under influence of Antonín Slavíček, he switched to impressionism. In the late 1920s, he created a number of monumental landscapes, which are considered his best works. In the 1930s, Rada switched to realism, using mostly brown, grey, and green colors.[2]
His works are in collections of several museum including the National Gallery Prague[3] and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. In 1976, there was a personal exhibition of works by Rada in the Prague Castle, and another one in 1999–2000 at the Lobkowicz Palace. He also had a number of personal exhibitions elsewhere in the Czech Republic.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vlastimil Rada" (in Czech). Vlastimil Rada Art Galery.
- ^ a b c d "Vlastimil Rada" (in Czech). Horácká galerie v Novém Městě na Moravě.
- ^ "Village with a Stream". National Gallery Prague.
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