ON POSTAGE STAMPS
ANTONÍN SLAVÍČEK
ISSUE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP
The Czech painter A. Slavíček, a leading personality of the generation of the 1890s, was one of the representatives of Czech impressionism in landscape painting. He studied irregularly at the Prague Academy of Graphic Arts under J. Mařák, who together with A. Chitussi had the main influence on his early paintings reflecting a turn away from realism and nostalgic landscapes to impressionism. Later his pictures display a tendency towards a more expressive reflection of the character and life of the landscape. Apart from his landscapes he became equally noted for his pictures of Prague streets, squares and parks which depict the face of the modern big city and the human loneliness engendered by the city. Slavíček's study trips to Paris and Brussels in 1907 inspired him for his panoramic pictures of Prague. The picture Autumn in Veltrusy which appears in an engraved form in the stamp, dates back to his early period.
