Julius Mařák

Julius Eduard Mařák (29 March 1832, Litomyšl – 8 October 1899, Prague) was a Czech landscape painter and graphic designer.

His first painting lessons came while he was still in the Gymnasium, although he had difficulty deciding between an artistic or a musical career, because several family members were singers and musicians.

He returned to Prague in 1887 when Josef Hlávka offered him a professorial post for landscape painting at the Academy.

Among his students there were Otakar Lebeda, Antonín Slavíček, František Kaván and Alois Kalvoda, who formed what became known as the Mařákova krajinářská škola (Mařák Landscape School).

He also created a group of sketches, for Goupil & Cie publishing, depicting the four seasons and the four times of day.