Jaroslav Věšín

Jaroslav Věšín studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. Peter Morozov is recorded as having studied under Jaroslav Věšín. the recorded working language is Czech. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are military art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Work by Jaroslav Věšín is recorded in the collections of National Art Gallery of Bulgaria, Slovak National Gallery, Condé Museum and Huis van het boek.

• Name — Jaroslav Věšín • Native Name — Ярослав Вешин • Born — 23 May 1860 • Birthplace — Vraný, Austrian Empire • Died — 9 May 1915 • Education — Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Academy of Fine Arts Munich

• Illustration — The Return from the Market, 1898 Věšín was born in the town of Vraný in what is today Kladno District of the Central Bohemian Region. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, but moved to the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in 1881 and graduated in 1883. Afterwards he worked in Munich and in Slovakia, with his paintings of the period mainly related to Slovak village life. Věšín arrived in Bulgaria in 1897 and remained there for the remainder of his life. Until 1904, he was a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia and mainly worked in the area of genre painting, with notable paintings such as Threshing near Radomir (1897), Ploughman (or Land, 1899), Horse market in Sofia (1899), Smugglers (1899), In front of a market (1899), Threshing (1900), etc. The main topic of his interest was the life and labour of the Bulgarian villager. • Illustration — Bayonet Charge, 1913 After 1904, Věšín became the head painter with the Ministry of War and, although he did not abandon his old interests (with works such as Coaler (1910), Lumberjacks (1910), On the game's track (1910), Hunter with hounds (1911), etc.), he became famous with his masterpieces of battle painting: Manoeuvres (series began in 1899 and lasted until the Balkan Wars, The Samara flag (1911), Bayonet Charge (or Bulgarians overrun the Turkish positions, 1913), The Turkish retreat at Lüleburgaz (1913), Lüleburgaz-Çatalca (1913) and a series of sketches and complete works on the siege of Edirne, among which Bibouac in front of Edirne (1913), Resting after 13 March 1913 (1913), etc. Many of his works are displayed in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Sofia. Among Věšín's students were Nikola Petrov, Atanas Mihov, and other major Bulgarian painters.

Jaroslav Věšín is recorded as painter, military officer, exlibrist and artist.