Alois Kalvoda

[1] He attended the gymnasium in Brno and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague for five years, 1892–97, with Julius Mařák.

He opened an art school in Prague in 1900, where his students included Josef Váchal.

His style was initially marked by Mařák, then by naturalism, with an inclination towards Art Nouveau symbolism.

[4] In 2005, the Czech Republic honored him with a postage stamp showing his "Osiky by Velké Němčice," one of his earliest paintings, then exhibited at the Moravian Gallery in Brno.

[5] Nová encyklopedie českého výtvarného umění, Academia, Praha 1996. s. str.