Viktor Oliva

His most famous painting, Absinthe Drinker (Czech: Piják absintu), is owned by Zlata Husa Gallery Prague and hangs there.

Viktor Oliva was a master of drawing, illustration, and painting born in Nové Strašecí, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary 24 April 1861.

At the age of 17 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and studied under František Sequens, who greatly respected his work.

He lived there for some years and became good friends with other "Bohemian Parisiens" such as Luděk Marold, Mikoláš Aleš, Jakub Arbes, and Karel Vítězslav Mašek.

[1] In 1897 he was given the job of Images Editor at the popular Czech language magazine Zlatá Praha (Golden Prague).

She was a former lover of director of the National Theater František Šubert, who wanted to provide for his mistress out of gratitude and helped arrange her marriage.