Antoš Frolka (13 June 1877 – 8 June 1935), was aCzechpainter of folk scenes.
Frolka was born inKněždub inSouth Moravia. From a poor family, he was partly self-taught, and partly taught byJoža Uprka. He tried and failed to study at theAcademy of Fine Arts in Prague, spent some time at theAcademy of Fine Arts in Vienna andthe academy in Munich.[1] In 1907 he joined the Association of Moravian Artists. In 1914 he received a scholarship to study in Paris, but had to abandon this after six months at the outbreak of theWorld War I. Mobilized and sent to theEastern Front, Frolka experienced a severe crisis of creativity after the end of the war.[2]
Frolka's painting was devoted to the "small moments of everyday life" and to the folk culture of Moravia and Slovakia.[3] He dressed always in Moravian costume and spoke in Moravian dialect.[3] He became widely known as a painter of the Czech and Slovak national revival.
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