Soběslav Pinkas

His father, Adolf Maria Pinkas [cs], was a politician and, later, a leading figure in the Revolutions of 1848.

He is believed to have been among the group of students that held Count Leopold von Thun hostage during the June Uprising.

[1] In 1849, after the revolution was suppressed, he found it necessary to change careers and enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts where he worked in the studios of Christian Ruben.

On the advice of Josef Mánes, he transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, but stayed for only two months before taking private lessons from Johann Baptist Berdellé [de].

He also taught courses for women at the Academy's graduate school and participated in planning the National Theater.