Antonín Hudeček

Hudeček was born on 14 January 1872 in Ředhošť, Bohemia (now part of Mšené-lázně, Czech Republic).

After completing his primary education in Roudnice, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, with Maximilian Pirner and Václav Brožík; devoting himself mostly to figure painting.

[1] Shortly after, he joined a group of painters, led by Julius Mařák, that went for plein aire painting excursions; mostly in the area around Okoř.

[1] He made a lengthy trip to Italy and Sicily with Jan Preisler in 1902, returning to Prague by way of Cologne.

He was named a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1930, and received their award for lifetime achievement.