Umělecká beseda
The Umělecká beseda (Artistis' Club Umělecká beseda) was a Czech artists' forum, bringing together creative artists in literature, music and fine art. First founded in 1863, it formed an important part of Czech cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under Communism in the early 1950s it fell from favor, and it was closed in 1972.
Umělecká beseda
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- Founded
- 1863
- Headquarters
- Czech Republic
- Dissolved
- 1972
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The Umělecká beseda (Artistis' Club Umělecká beseda) was a Czech artists' forum, bringing together creative artists in literature, music and fine art. First founded in 1863, it formed an important part of Czech cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under Communism in the early 1950s it fell from favor, and it was closed in 1972.
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Founding members
Founding members
It was reopened in 1990, though without the return of previously-confiscated property. The Na Prádle Theater now occupies the building that the association had purpose-built in 1925.
• Bedřich Smetana – composer • Josef Manes – painter • Eduard Herold – painter and writer • Mikoláš Aleš – painter • Jan Evangelista Purkyně – scientist and artist • Karel Jaromír Erben – poet and folklorist • Vítězslav Hálek – poet • Karel Purkyně – painter • Josef Bohuslav Foerster – composer Other members have included the painter and printmaker Jana Budíková.
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1863
Umělecká beseda established.
1863
Umělecká beseda is recorded from 1863.
1972
Umělecká beseda ceased.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q426640: Umělecká beseda
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- “Umělecká beseda”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4231535-9, Umělecká Beseda.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Literature
• V umění volnost (Kapitoly z dějin Umělecké besedy), 2003, Matys Rudolf, 356 s., Academia, Praha, • Umělecká beseda 1863–2003, 2003, Petrová Eva, 163 s., GHMP, Praha, • Padesát let Umělecké besedy 1863–1913, 1913, 320 s., vyd. Umělecká beseda, Praha, Besední 3 • Lexikon malířství a grafiky,
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 4231535-9, Umělecká Beseda.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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