LEBEDA, Otakar
(b. 1877, Praha, d. 1901, Malé Chuchel)

Lilac. Village Path

1899
Mixed media on card, 66 x 79 cm
Národní Galerie, Prague

Otakar Lebeda, who spent a year working in France and shot himself at the age of 24 following a nervous disorder, painted landscapes now sad, now turbulent, which show him essentially locating an Impressionist style, though he also shared the fractured mood of the Symbolist Nineties.




© Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Krén and Daniel Marx.