František Kaván
Illustration — František Kaván. • Illustration — František Kaván. František Kaván (10 September 1866, Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libuň near Jičín) was a Czech painter and poet. Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888.
Also recorded as Frantisek Kavan
František Kaván
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- Born
- 1866 · Víchovská Lhota.
- Died
- 1941 · Libuň.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- painter · writer · poet · translator · opinion journalist
- Fields
- visual arts · literature
- Honours
- Exposition Universelle of 1900
- Languages
- Czech · Russian
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Illustration — František Kaván. • Illustration — František Kaván. František Kaván (10 September 1866, Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libuň near Jičín) was a Czech painter and poet. Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888.
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František Kaván is recorded as painter, writer, poet, translator and opinion journalist. Recognition and collections. Kaván received Exposition Universelle of 1900.
akademický malíř František Kaván ve své výstavě, 1932, Muzeum v Hradci Králové
Archiv Muzea východních Čech v Hradci Králové · The Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové
František Kaván (1866-1941), český malíř a krajinkář
MUDr. Arnošt Krus · Beseda: obrázkový čtrnáctideník Českého ráje a Podkrkonoší. Železný Brod: Jos. V. Kučera, 1941, 2, s. 1-3. ISSN 2336-8853. Dostupné také z: https: kramerius.kvkli.cz/uuid/uuid:b44c8c66-a407-11e5-a0
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1866
František Kaván born at Víchovská Lhota.
1900
František Kaván is recorded as having received Exposition Universelle of 1900.
1941
František Kaván died at Libuň.
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Víchovská Lhota.
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During 1889 to 1896 he studied painting at the academy in Prague under the guidance of Julius Mařák. He was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. He spent the end of his life in the area of Krkonoše, his birthplace. Kaván was a very humble and likeable person who had given away most of his paintings. He concentrated on the mountain areas of Krkonoše and Vysočina. Unlike his paintings, Kaván's poems were soon forgotten. He also translated literary works from Russian.
The recorded working language is Czech and Russian. The field of work recorded is visual arts and literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague. Work by František Kaván is recorded in the collections of Slovak National Gallery, Liptov Gallery of Peter Michal Bohúň, Moravian Gallery in Brno and National Gallery Prague. Distinctions recorded are Exposition Universelle of 1900.
• Illustration — Na vzduchu domova (1895) • Illustration — Umrlčí cesta (1895–1896) • Illustration — Tání – Příprašek (1899) • Illustration — Vítanovská krajina (after 1920) • Illustration — Zima u Hlinska (date unknown) • Illustration — Hlavatice (roketnická) (date unknown)
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