František Horčička

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František Horčička (1776–1856) born in Prague June 29, 1776 and died in Prague April 5, 1856. History and portrait painter. Along with painters Antonín Machek and František Tkadlík and sculptor , he was among the first local artists to reimagine Neoclassicism using Romantic ideas. Horčička turned to painting after graduating from law school, and was much in demand around Prague as a portraitist of the intelligentsia. He also worked as an art restorer, notably in restoring paintings in Prague Castle. His father-in-law was ; Josef Dobrovský was among his friends. He painted a number of portraits including his friend Dobrovský and . Considered the most important portrait painter of his day until supplanted by in 1822. He developed a valuable process for restoring pictures.

Works: St Wenceslaus destroying the Idol Swantovit; St Albert blessing the Country; St George and the Dragon; Holy Trinity; Portraits of Ignatius Cornova, Mathematician Gerstner, Abbe Dobrowsky, the philosopher Bolzano, Historian Pelzel, the Physiologist Purkyne; the Arch Bishop of Prague 1815-1830, Vaclav Leopold Chlumcansky. Miniatures, National Museum, Munich; Hortulus Animae, and several Codices, Imperial Library, Vienna; Psalter and Offici-um in three Folio Volumes, Vatican, Rome -Immerzeel, ii. 55; Kramm, iii. 747; Mich- iels, vi., 406; Nagler, Mon., ii. 37

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• Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová, ed. 19th-Century Art in Bohemia: (1790–1910) - Painting, Sculpture, Decorative Arts. Prague; National Gallery in Prague, 2009.
• "Oxford Art On Line". Oxford Grove Art. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

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