Alois Beer
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Alois Beer was a Czech author and painter.
After his apprenticeship in 1849 he went to Vienna
, Prague
, Styria, Bavaria
, northern Italy, Venice
, Verona
and Milan
and Ljubljana
. In Ljubljana, he attended painting courses.
After returning to Dobruška in 1858 he opened a business. In 1862 he married and in 1863 bought the house No. 100 in Opočenský street. In 1869 his first wife died and he married a second time, unhappily.
Beer was a great promoter of technical innovations. In a small town, he was considered eccentric and often mocked. In 1886, he left his business to his son and devoted himself to painting.
He participated in the organization of economic and industrial exhibitions in Dobruška in 1889 and 1892. Here he received recognition and finally gained some respect from the locals. He died in 1897.
One of his most famous works is of the major fire which broke out in Dobruška on October 7, 1866. Approximately 3500 pages of his text and images are held in the Dobruška Museum of Natural History. His texts and pictures of individual buildings, local customs, events and festivals, trade practices and tools, offer significant details of everyday life in that region in the 19th century. A Beer exhibition was organized in Prague in 1937
After his apprenticeship in 1849 he went to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Styria, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, northern Italy, Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
and Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
. In Ljubljana, he attended painting courses.
After returning to Dobruška in 1858 he opened a business. In 1862 he married and in 1863 bought the house No. 100 in Opočenský street. In 1869 his first wife died and he married a second time, unhappily.
Beer was a great promoter of technical innovations. In a small town, he was considered eccentric and often mocked. In 1886, he left his business to his son and devoted himself to painting.
He participated in the organization of economic and industrial exhibitions in Dobruška in 1889 and 1892. Here he received recognition and finally gained some respect from the locals. He died in 1897.
One of his most famous works is of the major fire which broke out in Dobruška on October 7, 1866. Approximately 3500 pages of his text and images are held in the Dobruška Museum of Natural History. His texts and pictures of individual buildings, local customs, events and festivals, trade practices and tools, offer significant details of everyday life in that region in the 19th century. A Beer exhibition was organized in Prague in 1937