Lot 192

Jan Dědina (1870 - 1955) GIRL IN A FOLK DRESS

Dědina was a genre painter, illustrator and portraitist. He studied at Prague's School of Applied Arts under František Ženíšek and at the Academy of Fine Arts under Maximilián Pirner; he also studied sculpture under Josef Václav Myslbek. In 1895 he traveled to Paris, where he initially worked with the Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy. The majority of his work focused on magazine illustrations. He also designed posters.