Antonín Hudeček (1872–1941) was a Czech painter trained in Prague and Munich. At the Prague Academy he studied with Maxmilián Pirner and Václav Brožík, among others; in Munich he attended Otto Seitz’s classes. Landscape and the observation of light effects subsequently became central to his work.
The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava holds Woodland Pool, painted around 1936, in which the water’s surface, reflections and changing shadows create the atmosphere. Another aspect of this exploration appears in Frühlingslandschaft mit den ersten Blumen, described in a Dobiaschofsky catalogue as a landscape of meadows, rocks and fir trees. The light colours and complementary contrasts noted in this painting demonstrate the importance of colour in his organisation of natural motifs into a pictorial composition.
This profile brings together identity references for Antonín Hudeček and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Documented auction references
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Dobiaschofsky
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Works recorded at auction
Dobiaschofsky · Lot 638
Frühlingslandschaft mit den ersten Blumen.
Oil on paper
Original catalogue wording
Frühlingslandschaft mit den ersten Blumen. Öl auf Papier
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