In 1887, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, where he studied landscape painting with Julius Mařák.

In October 1899, Professor Mařák died and Slavíček applied to replace him, but was not accepted.

A large number of his paintings passed from Švagrovský's collection to the museum in Roudnice.

His wife fell seriously ill in 1908, making it necessary to travel to Dubrovnik for treatment, and he broke his arm during their stay there.

[1] After it had healed, in August 1909, they took a vacation to the Orlické Mountains and, while he was swimming in the Zdobnice River [cs], he had a stroke that paralyzed his right side.