Acta Musealia

František Hlavica (1885-1952), a painter, is one of the all but forgotten artists on the Czech art scene. He has, nevertheless, a great significance for the Wallachian region. His work is mostly represented by figurative motifs and landscape paintings. Hlavica moved to Brno, where he settled and earned his living mostly by painting official portraits. During the 1920s, the artist seeks regions with rich folklore heritage and visits them frequently. He focuses on documenting folk costumes but also folk architecture. In 1928 he became a lecturer at the Technical University in Brno, where he worked until 1951. The style of his work did not change much over the years. He more or less ignored the new trends and movements of the first half of the twentieth century. His watercolour paintings were very realistic. František Hlavica worked with a number of different forms of fine arts - painting, drawing, but also graphic design and provided illustrations for books and magazines.

Keywords: painter, Wallachia, watercolour, technique, illustration, drawing, portrait