Adolf Kašpar
Illustration — Adolf Kašpar (before 1934) • Illustration — Title page of the book Filosofská historie, 27th edition Adolf Kašpar (27 December 1877 – 29 June 1934) was a Czech painter and illustrator.
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Adolf Kašpar
Adolf Kašpar · Public Domain - Kramerius Digital Libraryː https: kramerius5.nkp.cz/view/uuid:f4bd7510-6be4-11e4-b202-005056827e52?page=uuid:195da390-9845-11e4-a2db-005056825209 · Public domain
- Born
- 1877. · Bludov.
- Died
- 1934. · Železná Ruda.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator, exlibrist and artist.
- Fields
- visual art activity, painting and illustration.
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Prague.
- Languages
- Czech.
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Illustration — Adolf Kašpar (before 1934) • Illustration — Title page of the book Filosofská historie, 27th edition Adolf Kašpar (27 December 1877 – 29 June 1934) was a Czech painter and illustrator.
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Adolf Kašpar (1877–1934) was an artist, exlibrist and graphic artist, among other activities, of Austro-Hungarian nationality. The artist was born in Bludov and died in Železná Ruda.
Adolf Kašpar was educated at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. The artist was a member of Mánes Union of Fine Arts and worked in Bystřice pod Hostýnem, Loštice and Olomouc, among others. Activity centred on illustration, painting and visual art activity.
Languages used include Czech. Works are held at Huis van het boek and Slovak National Gallery.
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Life
Life
Adolf Kašpar studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is visual art activity, painting and illustration. Places of work recorded in the authority are Loštice, Olomouc and Rusava. Work by Adolf Kašpar is recorded in the collections of Slovak National Gallery and Huis van het boek.
Kašpar was born on 27 December 1877 in Bludov. The son of a general wares dealer, Kašpar studied at Prague Academy under Maxmilián Pirner. His mentor was Hanus Schwaiger, a famous Czech painter and children's book illustrator. Schwaiger recommended Kašpar to the academy and exerted much influence over his life and art. In 1907, Kašpar married to Jitka Řepková in Velehrad. Kašpar died on 29 June 1934 in Železná Ruda.
Works
Works
Kašpar perfected his pieces by collecting information from Czech literature. He became famous by illustrating The Grandmother (Babička), a book by the Czech author Božena Němcová. His illustrations can also be found in other works by Alois Jirásek, Jan Neruda, Karel Václav Rais and František Ladislav Čelakovský. During this time, he also worked as graphic artist and made watercolors and pictures of his birthplace.
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Adolf Kašpar is recorded as painter, illustrator, exlibrist and artist.
Front page - Z. Winterː Master Kampanius (by Adolf Kašpar)
Adolf Kašpar · WINTER, Zikmund a Adolf KAŠPAR. Mistr Kampanus: historický obraz. V Praze: Kvasnička a Hampl, 1940, s. [1a]. Online: https: kramerius5.nkp.cz/uuid/uuid:ebaef5ce-db94-4317-b6f8-872fe0544380
Johann Campanius (cropped) - Z. Winterː Master Kampanius (by Adolf Kašpar)
Adolf Kašpar · WINTER, Zikmund a Adolf KAŠPAR. Mistr Kampanus: historický obraz. V Praze: Kvasnička a Hampl, 1940, s. [1a]. Online: https: kramerius5.nkp.cz/uuid/uuid:ebaef5ce-db94-4317-b6f8-872fe0544380
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Life and career
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1877
Adolf Kašpar was born in 1877 at Bludov.
1934
Adolf Kašpar died in 1934 at Železná Ruda.
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Bludov.
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Železná Ruda.
Death place
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Honours
In Loštice is the Adolf Kašpar Memorial. The memorial is situated in the house where Kašpar used to spend summers with his family from 1911 to 1932. The artist's family and friends helped to assemble his masterpieces for the memorial's art collection.
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- 1.Record of birth and baptism
- 2.Scheybal J. V.: Adolf Kašpar, Život a dílo (Prague, 1957)
- 3.Gregorová, Jaroslava. Šumperk, la région de l'illustrateur Adolf Kašpar. 25 January 2009.
- 4.Spurný, František. Bludov dříve a nyní - Adolf Kašpar.
- 5.Adolf Kašpar Dejum. 7.
- 6.Adolf Kašpar, ilustrátor Babičky.
- 7.Hoffmann, Bohuslav. Po(ne)kašparovské ilustrace (interpretace) // Babičky Boženy Němcové.
- 8.The Adalf Kašpar Memorial in Loštice.
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