Jaroslav Panuška

Jaroslav Panuška
Jaroslav Panuška in 1916
Born(1872-03-03)3 March 1872
Hořovice, Bohemia
Died1 August 1958(1958-08-01) (aged 86)
Kochánov, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Known forPainting

Jaroslav Panuška (3 March 1872 – 1 August 1958) was a Czech painter and illustrator.

Biography

Panuška's house in Kochánov

Born in 1872 in Hořovice, Jaroslav Panuška was the son of a land surveyor.[1] He studied art in Prague under Julius Mařák, becoming one of the leading representatives of his school.[2] During the 1890s he was particularly prominent among Prague artists,[3] and is mostly known for his disturbing treatment of themes related to death, loneliness and the supernatural.[4]

From 1923 until his death in 1958, he lived in Kochánov (part of Světlá nad Sázavou). The so-called Panuška's Oak in Kochánov belonged among frequent subjects of his paintings. Panuška is buried in Světlá nad Sázavou.[5]

Legacy

Panuška's paintings are part of private collections and public museums such as the National Gallery Prague.[3] His works have been included in the annual inter-disciplinary exhibition on 19th-century issues, at the West Bohemian Gallery in Plzeň. In 2014 the theme was On the Edge of the Crowd: Art and the Social Question in the 19th century, and in 2016 Elements Inside Us: Catastrophe and Its Reflection in the 19th Century Culture.[6][7]

The Czech black metal band Master's Hammer released a song about the artist titled "Panuška", in their 2014 studio album Vagus Vetus.[8]

Further reading

  • BOUČKOVÁ, Jitka: Jaroslav Panuška. East Bohemian Gallery Pardubice, 1978.
  • HANEL, Olaf: Jaroslav Panuska (1872-1958). Museo Checo de Bellas Artes de Praga, 1994.
  • STEJSKAL, Vladimír: Palette with wine: reading about Jaroslav Panuška. Havlíčkův Brod: Krajské nakladatelství, 1953.
  • SCNEIDEROVÁ, Martina, ODEHNALOVÁ, Markéta: Jaroslav Panuška (1872-1958). Havlíčková Brod Fine Arts Gallery, 2012.
  • VALEČKA, Jaroslav st: Jaroslav Panuška (1872-1958): A guide to his life and work. Hradec Králové: Milan Hodek - Paper Jam, 2016.

References

  1. ^ "Jaroslav Panuška" (in Czech). Horácká Gallery. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Jaroslav Panuška". Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Jaroslav Panuška - Visiting the Dead". National Gallery Prague. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  4. ^ MacRae, Meghan (1 September 2017). "Death and Abandonment… Jaroslav Panuška". CVLT Nation. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Panuškův dub u Kochánova" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ Šimon, Patrik (3 March 2014). "(Individualita) na okraji davu" (in Czech). Patrik Šimon Gallery. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. ^ Bendová, Eva. "Elements Inside Us. Catastrophe and Its Reflection in the 19th Century Culture". Gallery of West Bohemia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Creeping death: The decadent mythological artwork of Jaroslav Panuška". Dangerous Minds. 22 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.