Education
After completing his education in the local schools, he went to Vienna, where he attended a three-year course for drawing teachers under Ferdinand Laufberger.
After completing his education in the local schools, he went to Vienna, where he attended a three-year course for drawing teachers under Ferdinand Laufberger.
He then spent six months preparing to enter a competition for the creation of decorations in the foyer at the National Theater. Afterwards, he spent several months in Italy. Upon his return, he received a series of public commissions, including work at the Rudolfinum, the municipal union hall in Písek and the government office buildings in Vinohrady and Vyškov.
He became a teacher at the Technical University in 1879, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1895 and was named a Professor in 1911.
In 1903, he exhibited a cycle of tempera paintings entitled "Czechoslovakian Elegy", featuring an iconic portrait crowned with thorns, meant to symbolize the suffering of the Czechoslovakian nation from the oppression of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. That same year, he painted a portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph.
In addition to his historical scenes, he produced folk-costume studies, altarpieces and illustrations, many of which appeared in the magazines Zlatá Praha and Světozor.