Pohled na Podskalí by Jan Minarik - Prague, Czech Republic
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Pohled na Podskalí // A view over Podskalí (east side of Vltava River)
Waymark Code: WMV9H3
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 03/19/2017
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This os a view from the railway bridge (
visit link) . This place is currently called Rašín Embankment. Today there is blocks of houses built mostly in the Art Nouveau style in the first half of the second decade of the 20th century. The only preserved original building is a former Podskalí Toll House (
visit link) standing still on the original lower terrain, other buildings were demolished in 1912.
The author of this painting is Jan Minarík. You can find this painting in book 'Starou Prahou Jana Minaríka' (
visit link) .
Jan Bedrich Minarík (December 15, 1862, Prague-Vyšehad - May 26, 1937) (
visit link) , was a Czech painter and graphic artist, pupil J. Marák at the Prague Academy. He became famous as a painter of motifs disappearing part of Prague. His work falls within the years 1907-1911. His paintings captured Josefov district and some parts of the Old Town and New Town. Also captured a number of motifs vanishing areas or individual houses. He also painted on Vysehrad, Mala Strana and Prague Castle.