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Luděk Marold

Luděk Marold was a luděk marold is recorded as austrian empire and cisleithania. Illustrator. Man Sitting in a Café is catalogued and held by National Gallery Prague.

Also recorded as Ludwig Marold · Ludek Marold · ludwig marold

The Cabdriver, oil on canvas (39 x 56 cm)

Luděk Marold · MK Prague House · Public domain

Identity and origins

(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Luděk Marold (2 objects).)

Luděk Marold was born in 1865.

Luděk Marold died in 1898.

Luděk Marold is recorded as painter, illustrator and graphic artist.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this name.

The authorities additionally record the headings Ludwig Marold, Ludek Marold and ludwig marold. His recorded language was Czech. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 6: Surprise, Portrait of Painter Karel Rašek, The vegetable market in Paris, Egg market in Prague, Reader and Man Sitting in a Café. His recorded genre is portrait.

Identity

Luděk Marold is recorded as painter, illustrator and graphic artist.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1865–1898

  1. 1865

    Life

    Luděk Marold was born in 1865.

  2. 1888

    Institution

    Egg market in Prague, dated 1888, held by National Gallery Prague.

  3. 1888

    Institution

    Egg market in Prague (National Gallery Prague).

  4. 1889

    Surprise is dated 1889.

  5. 1892

    Institution

    Reader, dated 1892, held by National Gallery Prague.

  6. 1893

    Institution

    Le Bambou: Périodique Illustré, dated 1893, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  7. 1898

    Life

    Luděk Marold died at Prague.

  8. 1898

    Marold panorama of the Battle of Lipany is dated 1898.

The full dated record · 8 entries
  1. 1865

    Luděk Marold was born in 1865.

  2. 1888

    Egg market in Prague, dated 1888, held by National Gallery Prague.

  3. 1888

    Egg market in Prague (National Gallery Prague).

  4. 1889

    Surprise is dated 1889.

  5. 1892

    Reader, dated 1892, held by National Gallery Prague.

  6. 1893

    Le Bambou: Périodique Illustré, dated 1893, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  7. 1898

    Luděk Marold died at Prague.

  8. 1898

    Marold panorama of the Battle of Lipany is dated 1898.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1888 to 1898.

  • Tabubu

  • Marold panorama of the Battle of Lipany

    1898

  • Egg market in Prague

    1888 · National Gallery Prague

  • Portrait of Painter Karel Rašek

  • The vegetable market in Paris

  • Surprise

    1889

  • Reader

    1892 · National Gallery Prague

  • Man Sitting in a Café

    National Gallery Prague

  • Album Zlaté Prahy

  • Périodique Illustré, dated 1893, illustrations: wood engraving

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art.(2)

  • A Man and a Woman in a Park, dated n.d, watercolor and gouache, with black crayon, graphite and traces of pen and brown ink, over touches of red chalk, on cream wove card

    The Art Institute of Chicago

Literature

Scholarly footprint

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.

A further 5 witnesses are held back from this article because the person or object named in them is not yet resolved to this record. They are kept, not discarded, and return once the identity is established.

Held on the record

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Luděk Marold studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He trained under Nikolaos Gyzis, Ludwig von Löfftz and Maximilian Pirner.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.

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