Marian Column by Wilhelm Fisher - Ceský Krumlov, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

The dominant feature of the Svornosti Square in Ceský Krumlov is the plague column with the statue of the Virgin Mary Immaculata and eight saints, patrons of the town and protectors against the plague. The Baroque sculptural decoration of the column is the work of the Prague sculptor Matej Václav Jakel. In 1843, a stone fountain was added to the plague column to replace the destroyed Renaissance fountain that stood in the middle of the square.


Wilhelm Fisher was born in Kraslice where he spent his school years and later went to Prague to study at the art-industrial school. In 1914 he left to fight at the front, first to Karpary and later to Italy, where he was wounded. When he finished the Prague Academy in 1922 he came to Ceský Krumlov. He lived there through the 20\'s and 40\'s and painted "Pictures from Ceský Krumlov and the Šumava Hills" ("Obrazy z Ceského Krumlova a Šumavy"). In the 30\'s he also worked on a restoration project on repairs of church plastics. At the same time a few of Fischer´s Ceský Krumlov and Šumava Hills motives were issued on coloured postcards.

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: Wilhelm Fisher Date of Your Photograph: 06/06/2023 Medium of Painting: oil on canvas Date of Painting: Not listed

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