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- Title
Petr Maixner’s Vlasta—History Painting between Generations.
- Authors
DLÁBKOVÁ, MARKÉTA
- Abstract
The text analyzes the last and largest history painting by Petr Maixner (1831–1884), focusing on the context of the painting’s origin.1 Vlasta, also known under the titles Vlasta’s Recruitment, The Maidens’ War and The Maidens’ War in Bohemia, originated in 1880 but its genesis dates back to the 1850s and in fact pervades Maixner’s entire oeuvre. The creative process is revealed through studies of the time: from the earliest dating in the late 1850s (NGP) through a study from the 1870s (Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen) all the way to the final canvas which is now owned by the Hořice Municipal Museum. While the first study shows strong signs of the influence of Josef Mánes’s work that, on several levels, converged with Maixner’s oeuvre (especially Maixner’s illustrations and works for illustrated magazines), the final version shows the influence of Maixner’s travels in Italy and old masters he studied there, also attesting to his attempts to embrace contemporary trends in European history painting.
- Subjects
19TH century painting; MANES, Josef, 1820-1871; MUSEUMS; PAINTERS -- History; EUROPEAN history
- Publication
Bulletin of the National Gallery in Prague / Bulletin Národní Galerie v Praze, 2020, Issue 30, p22
- ISSN
0862-8912
- Publication type
Article