Jakub Obrovský Explained

Jakub Obrovský (December 24, 1882 – March 31, 1949) was a Czechoslovak artist, sculptor and writer.

Biography

Jakub Obrovský was born in Brno-Bystrc. He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague with Celda Klouček, EK Liška and Stanislav Sucharda (1897-1901) and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts with Max Pirner (1901-1905). In 1919 he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, and later served as the rector.

Obrovský favored women's figures in his paintings, and often sculpted figures of athletes. He designed early stamps of the new Republic of Czechoslovakia: the lion escaping from its chains (28 October 1919) and the allegory of economy (1920).^[1]

In 1932 he won a bronze medal for Czechoslovakia in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Odysseus" (see Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics).^[2]

Obrovský died in Prague. His daughter Jana Obrovská (1930 – 1987) became a noted Czech composer.

References

Book: The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 . Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 . 1933 . 748–765 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231532/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 2008-04-10 . dead .
Web site: Olympic Art Competition 1932 . Olympic Games Museum . Wagner, Juergen . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501135344/http://www.olympic-museum.de/art/1932.htm . 2008-05-01 . dead .
In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests . Kramer . Bernhard . Journal of Olympic History . 12 . 2 . May 2004 . 29–34 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410082301/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n2/johv12n2m.pdf . 2008-04-10 . live.
Jakub Obrovský . 2016-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314153008/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/jakub-obrovsky-1.html . 2016-03-14 .

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Notes and References

Michel Katalog Ost 1985–86
Web site: Jakub Obrovský . Olympedia . 24 July 2020.