Name Frantisek Jelinek | ||
Frantisek Cina Jelinek (June 6, 1882 - February 3, 1961 in Prague ) was a Czech landscape painter.
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Biography
Born on 6 June 1882 in Prague, he was the son of an innkeeper. He graduated from high school in Kremencova Street, then switched to the fourth grade art technical college and later studied at the Prague Academy under professors Vojtech Hynais and Rudolf Otto von Ottenfeld.
His work was realistic and romantic. He painted natural pictures of the landscape outdoors in rural areas;, he did not like the elements of civilization. Its landscape work is full of dynamism. He built a cottage in Krizanky where he spent the rest of his life.
He died in Prague 3 February 1961.
He was a great athlete - a skier and cyclist and was also one of the first promoters of skiing in Svratka, Zdar nad Sazavou. His paintings are mainly located in galleries in the Czech Republic.