Jaroslav Vešín - Vraný, Czech Republic
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Jaroslav František Julius Vešín (Bulgarian: ??????? ?????, Yaroslav Veshin) (23 May 1860 – 9 May 1915) was a Czech painter who mainly worked in Bulgaria and who was noted as a master of genre painting.
Waymark Code: WM10363
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 02/17/2019
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Vešín was born in the town of Vraný (
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Afterwards he worked in Munich and in Slovakia, with his paintings of the period mainly related to Slovak village life. Vešín arrived in Bulgaria in 1897 and remained there for the remainder of his life. Until 1904, he was a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia and mainly worked in the area of genre painting, with notable paintings such as Threshing near Radomir (1897), Ploughman (or Land, 1899), Horse market in Sofia (1899), Smugglers (1899), In front of a market (1899), Threshing (1900), etc. The main topic of his interest was the life and labour of the Bulgarian villager.
After 1904, Vešín became the head painter with the Ministry of War and, although he did not abandon his old interests (with works such as Coaler (1910), Lumberjacks (1910), On the game's track (1910), Hunter with hounds (1911), etc.), he became famous with his masterpieces of battle painting: Manoeuvres (series began in 1899 and lasted until the Balkan Wars, The Samara flag (1911), Onslaught (or Bayonet charge, 1913), The Turkish retreat at Lüleburgaz (1913), Lüleburgaz-Çatalca (1913) and a series of sketches and complete works on the siege of Edirne, among which Bibouac in front of Edirne (1913), Resting after 13 March 1913 (1913), etc.
Many of his works are displayed in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Sofia. Among Vešín's students were Nikola Petrov, Atanas Mihov, and other major Bulgarian painters.
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Plaque Inscription:
JAROSLAV VEŠÍN
23.5.1860 - 9.5.1915
Akademický malír, profesor malírské
školy v Sofii, dvorní umelec, specialista
štábu bulharské armády.
Malír Bulharského cara Ferdinanda I.
Držitel sedmi mezinárodních rádu.
Iniciátor jihoslovanského umeleckého
spolku "LADA".
Vranský rodák.
The memorial is located in centre of Vrany town.