641 - František Bohumil Doubek, Young Lady in a Summer Landscape, an oil painting from his Munich period, in a gilded stucco frame

František Bohumil Doubek, Young Lady in a Summer Landscape, an oil painting from his Munich period, in a gilded stucco frame František Bohumil Doubek, also known as Franz Doubek, 1865 Budweis, Kingdom of Bohemia - 1952 Nový Jičín, Czech painter and illustrator, here: Young Lady in a Summer Landscape with a Bouquet of Flowers in her Arms; she is wearing a summer hat and holding a small parasol, oil on canvas, 51 x 42 cm, signed and inscribed ‘Mch’, in a gilded stucco frame About the artist: From 1880 to 1885, Doubek studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He then moved to Munich, where he studied at the Academy under Otto Seitz and Alexander von Liezen-Mayer from 1885 to 1888. In 1933, he returned to Prague, where he exhibited his works and produced numerous illustrations for various magazines. He was a member of the Czech artists’ association Jednota umělců výtvarných (JUV) and, from 1898 to 1900, a member of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists. Doubek’s style was strongly influenced by late 19th-century academic painting. Among other things, he worked as a portraitist, genre painter and history painter. Religious painting also forms an important part of his oeuvre. In addition, his work features mythological and partially oriental-inspired or sensuous motifs.