Antonín Lhota

Antonín Lhota (2 January 1812, Kutná Hora – 10 September 1905, Volyně) was a Czech painter and art teacher.

[1] After further studies in Munich and Vienna, he returned to the Academy in 1844, where he was employed for ten years, proofreading lectures and serving as an assistant teacher.

He was active as a painter well into his seventies, when he painted murals at the Home for the Blind in Mala Strana.

He retired at the age of seventy-five and went to live with his son, Emil, who ran an industrial school in Volyně.

By then, his painting style was considered somewhat obsolete as it focused on composition and detail, but neglected the psychological element.