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Max Svabinsky
born on September 17, 1873 in Kromeriz
died on February 10, 1962 in Prague
After Alfons Mucha, Max Svabinsky is surely one
of the greatest Czech artists of the 20th century.
In Kromeriz, he attended a German school, and then
enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
From 1910 on, he was a professor of arts at
various art schools. His art work primarily
consists of drawings in pencil, charcoal and pen
& ink, but he also produced a great deal of
commercial graphic or applied art and book
illustrations.
Svabinsky is especially known for his numerous
portraits of famous persons. Max Svabinsky lived
and worked for a great part of his life in his
weekend house in the small village of Kozlov near
Ceska Trebova. He died on February 10, 1962 in
Prague, highly honoured with national awards and
titles and officially recognized as a national
artist of Czechoslovakia.
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