Vincenc Beneš

Vincenc Beneš (22 January 1883 in Lišice, Hradec Králové - 27 March 1979 in Prague) was Czech painter.

He studied at the College of Applied Arts in Prague (1902–1904) and Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1904–1907). In 1909-1911 and 1917-1949 he was a member of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts.[1] His style was initially influenced by cubism and fauvism, and later formed realistic oil paintings, showing the effect of Neo-Classicism. He contributed to the Art Monthly periodical.

Among his most important works include a series of landscapes for the National Theatre, and some battlefields in France.

In 1963 he was named a National Artist. He died in 1979.

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