Radimský, Václav

Czech, (1867-1946)

  • Václav Radimský - The Pig

  • The Pig

  • (1896), oil on canvas
  • 18.1 in. x 24.1 in. (46 cm. X 61 cm.)
  • Musée Municipal A.G. Poulain de Vernon

About the Artist:

Václav Jan Emanuel Radimský (aka: Vaclav Radimsky), Czech, (1867-1946) was an impressionist painter who resided in France at the turn of the 19th through the first quarter of the 20th century.

He first studied landscapes at Eduard von Lichtenfel’s school in Vienna and in Munich at Eduard Schleich’s studio and academy. Moving to France in 1891 Radimský went to first to Barbizon, then Giverny where he joined with the group of painters who resided around Claude Monet. Here he met and painted with Monet and Pissarro. His work was highly influential on French impressionism.

While in France, Radimský gained considerable fortune by selling his works and many of his paintings from that time in his career still remain in that country today. After returning to his family in Bohemia in 1918 he continued to paint in the strict tradition of Impressionism until his death, concentrating on painting the river Labe and the countryside along the river. [DES-01/20]