French Rococo Era Painter, 1685-1766  Related Paintings of Jjean-Marc nattier :. | Portrait of Queen Marie Leszczynska | Madame Louise of France | Louis, Dauphin of France | Terpsichore | Portrait of Jorgen Scheel |
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Jean-Baptiste Huysmans
Flemish 1654-1716
Simon Kick
1603-1652 Dutch
Karel Purkyne
(1834-1868) was a Czech painter. He was one of the most prominent proponents of realism in Czech art in the second half of the 19th century. He was the son of the physiologist and anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyne, and developed an interest in art while still young. Early influences included the Baroque painters Karel Škreta and Petr Brandl and the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. He spent a year in Munich studying with Johann Baptist Berdelle before traveling to Paris, where he worked with Thomas Couture; there he copied paintings by Old Masters and encountered the work of contemporary French artists. He was particularly struck by the works of Gustave Courbet. Upon returning to Prague, Purkyne became known primarily as a portraitist, though a handful of works in other genres are known. He also made a name for himself as an organizer of artistic events and as an art critic.