Oldřich Blažíček

Oldřich Blažíček (5 January 1887 in Slavkovice, Nové Město na Moravě – 3 May 1953 in Prague) was a Czech painter, representative of modern landscape paintings.

There he became acquainted with many colleagues, many notable figures such as Otto Gutfreund, Jan Štursa, Rudolf Kremlička, Josef Čapek, and many others.

Aside from being a noted landscape painter of his native Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, he was also famous for painting church interiors which brought him major success.

His early painting of St Vitus Cathedral for instance was widely acclaimed by the Academy.

He wrote his memoirs in the book Mládí na Vysočině (Youth in the Highlands).