Education
Karásek ze Lvovic studied theology at the Theological faculty in Prague, but he did not complete.
Karásek ze Lvovic studied theology at the Theological faculty in Prague, but he did not complete.
He is a prominent representative of decadence in Czechoslovakian literature. As a writer and reviewer he also used naturalistic and impressionistic styles. Thereafter, he left Bohemia for one year and after his return he started working as a clerk in the post office.
Soon after, he was appointed director of the library of the Ministry of Post, and director of the Postal Museum and Archive.
In 1894 he founded, together with Ernst Stroll, the well known magazine Modern Review, in which he published mainly Czechoslovakian and French decadent literature and art Later, he published two magazines, intended for sexual reform – Hlas (Voice) and Nový Hlas (New voice).
During his lifetime he gathered together an extensive private library (48,000 volumes) and a collection of Slavic art and graphics (40,000 items). In 1922, he donated this collection to the Czechoslovak Sokol Organization, which was housed in the Tyrš house in Prague.
With the condition that it be managed by him until the end of life.
In 1954, the collection became part of the National Literature Archives. Karásek was also a writer, author of many poems and prose works. Some of his novels are now categorized as science-fiction literature.
He was also a collector of paintings and his collection was one of the largest collections of modern art throughout Europe.
lieutenant was later nationalized and exhibited in Czechoslovakian museums. Almost forgotten, he died in Prague in 1951 of pneumonia.