SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Ludvík Kuba (1863–1956), a Czech artist born in Poděbrady, Bohemia, and who died in Prague, pursued several activities alongside one another: he was a landscape painter, musician, writer and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. His career combines musical training with the study of drawing: he studied the organ, took private drawing lessons with Bohuslav Schnirch and Karel Liebscher, and then attended Anton Ažbe’s school in Munich from 1895 to 1904.
Landscape occupies a central place in his painting; Southern Bohemia was his preferred subject. One source associates him with late Impressionism, a classification that situates his work without reducing the diversity of his activities. The publication Ludvik Kuba. Vlastni podobizny 1899-1952, produced with Vaclav Vilem Stech and published in Prague in 1953, also attests to the attention paid to his work: the sales listing that cites it states that it reproduces the work in question on a full page.
This profile brings together identity references for Ludvík Kuba and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
1 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on artist’s board
"Hlava: s baretem proti svetlu" (Kopf: mit Barett gegen das Licht).
Öl auf Malkarton
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
