Czech Painter Gustav Macoun (r. 1889 – 1934) "village Motif"

Czech painter Gustav Macoun (r. 1889 – 1934) "Village motif"
Oil/Canvas
Signed lower left
Dimensions with frame 64 x 81 cm, without frame 47 x 62 cm

He was born in Prague into the poor family of the shoemaker Augustin Macoun. From childhood he showed a talent for painting and, after completing his primary education, he briefly trained with the painter Václav Jansa. On his recommendation, he took a painting course with Alois Kalvoda in 1907 and in the studio of Antonín Slavíček in 1908-1909. It was there that the decision to become a painter matured in him and, in the years 1909-1913, he studied regularly at the Academy of Painting in Prague with Prof. Vlaha Bukovac.
He lived most of his life, or had a studio in Vinohrady, Prague. He was married to his wife Jiřina (a ballet artist). He probably first painted in Kameničky in the period 1914-1915. In the years 1925-1932 he regularly stayed in the old mill in Lopun, in the Highlands. At the end of his life he spent two years in Svobodné Hamre, where he owned a wooden house in 1932-1934.[4] There is now a monument with a memorial plaque[5] nearby, commemorating his stay and work.