Josef Mánes
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painter.
Antonín Mánes
Antonín Mánes was a Czech painter. The only pupil of Austrian painter Karl Postl, he was active as a landscapist. He was much influenced by painters of the Dutch Golden Age, such as Jacob van Ruisdael; he was also exposed to the work of Caspar David Friedrich and Johan Christian Clausen-Dahl,...
(1784–1843), who was a landscape
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
painter and the professor of arts; in addition, he was the nephew of Václav Mánes
Václav Mánes
Václav Mánes was a Czech painter. He was the brother of Antonín Mánes and uncle of Quido and Josef Mánes and Amalie Mánesová, all of whom were also painters. Some of his work may today be seen in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague. Little is known of him; even the date of his...
, and brother of Quido Mánes
Quido Mánes
Quido Mánes was a Czech painter. He was the son of Antonín Mánes, nephew of Václav Mánes, and brother of Josef Mánes and Amalie Mánesová, all of whom were also painters. Some of his work may today be seen in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague.-Reference:*Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová,...
and Amalie Mánesová
Amalie Mánesová
Amalie Mánesová was a Czech painter. She was the daughter of Antonín Mánes, niece of Václav Mánes, and sister of Josef and Quido Mánes, all of whom were also painters. Some of her work may today be seen in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague.-Reference:*Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová, ed...
, all of whom were also painters. Through his career he produced landscape painting
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
s, portrait
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s, and historical paintings, as well as the first uniform of the Sokol
Sokol
The Sokol movement is a youth sport movement and gymnastics organization first founded in Czech region of Austria-Hungary, Prague, in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner...
in 1862. He was one of the most important representatives of Czech romanticism, captivated by rural life and slavic traditions. He is perhaps best known as the painter of the images of the twelve months added to the ancient Prague Astronomical Clock in 1870.
However, his personal life was unhappy, especially because he was separated from his only love, he also suffered from unknown brain disease. Decrepit and confused, he died prematurely in December 9, 1871.
Mánes gave his name to the Mánes Union of Fine Arts
Mánes Union of Fine Arts
The Manes Association of Fine Artists was an artists' association and exhibition society founded in 1887 in Prague and named after the painter Josef Mánes....
(S.U.V. Mánes), founded in 1887 in his honor.