Figure 1.--This Jozef Kiss oportrait is titled only "Portrait of an Aristocratic Boy with Mastiff and French Bulldog'. The boy is unidentified. All we know for sure is that it was painted in 1879. The boy wears a burgandy velvet cut-away jacket with a wide white coolar. We know next to nothing about Kiss. We have only a few of his paintings and none with any notable Czech content. They are portraits commissioned by well to do patrons of the Austrian Empire -- which became the Autro-Hungarian Empire 1868).

For several centurues, the Czechs were part of the Autrian Empire. Then after World War I Czecoslovakia was formed. Czechia or the Czech Republic was formed (1993). We know very little about Czech artists.The best known is surely Alfons Mucha (1860-1939) who was both a painter and decorative artist. Mucha is often described as the most defining artist of the Art Nouveau style. Here he painted beautiful women with flowers. These wondurful images, however, provide little useful information for our HBC website. Much eventually, however, tired of this and pained what he called "The Slavic Epic", a largely alegorical set of the history of the Slavic people, encompasing not only the Czecha, but other Slavs such as the Poles, Russians, Ukranians and others. Czech painter Leopold Pollak was born in Lodenitz (1806). He moved to Rome in 1831. Much of his work this as done in Italy. Josef Kiss was a Czech 19th century classical painter (1833-1900) We have not been able to find much inormatiion about him. Wehave not dound any Czech themes, but mostly portaits of wealthy clients. We are not familiar with other Czech artists, but hopefully our Czech readers can provide some insights on Czech artists.

Josef Kiss

Josef Kiss was a Czech 19th century classical painter (1833-1900) We have not been able to find much inormatiion about him. Wehave not dound any Czech themes, but mostly portaits of wealthy clients.

Alfons Mucha

The best known Czech artist is surely Alfons Mucha (1860-1939) who was both a painter and decorative artist. Mucha is often described as the most defining artist of the Art Nouveau style. Here he painted beautiful women with flowers. These wondurful images, however, provide little useful information for our HBC website. Much eventually, however, tired of this and pained what he called "The Slavic Epic", a largely alegorical set of the history of the Slavic people, encompasing not only the Czecha, but other Slavs such as the Poles, Russians, Ukranians and others.

Leopold Pollak

Another Czech painter is Leopold Pollak. He was born in Lodenitz (1806). He moved to Rome in 1831. Much of his work this as done in Italy. It includes some winderful genre work, but of Italians and not Czechs.

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