Vincenc Beneš

Vincenc Beneš
Vincenc Beneš.
Born	22 January 1883 Lišice, Hradec Králové, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	27 March 1979 (aged 96) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Education	College of Applied Arts in Prague Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Occupation	Painter

Vincenc Beneš (22 January 1883 – 27 March 1979) was a Czech painter.

Beneš was born in Lišice, Hradec Králové. He studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague from 1902 to 1904 and the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague from 1904 to 1907.

From 1909 to 1911, and again from 1917 to 1949 he was a member of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts.^[1] His style was initially influenced by cubism and fauvism, and he later formed realistic oil paintings, showing the effect of Neo-Classicism. He contributed to the Art Monthly periodical.

Among his most important works include a series of landscapes for the National Theatre and some battlefields in France.

In 1963 he was named a National Artist.

He died in 1979 in Prague.

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