František Kaván
Czech painter
Died when: 75 years 97 days (903 months)Star Sign: Virgo
FrantiÅ¡ek Kaván (10 September 1866, VÃchovská Lhota near Jilemnice - 16 December 1941, Libun near JicÃn) was a Czech painter and poet.
Kaván studied at the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, which he finished in 1888.During 1889 to 1896 he studied painting at the academy in Prague under the guidance of Julius Marák.
He was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.He spent the end of his life in the area of Krkonoše, his birthplace.
Kaván was a very humble and likeable person who had given away most of his paintings.As a painter, he specialised in realistic landscapes and created over 4,000 paintings.
He concentrated on the mountain areas of Krkonoše and Vysocina.Unlike his paintings, Kaván's poems were soon forgotten.
He also translated literary works from Russian.
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