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Franta Úprka (8 September 1868 – 26 January 1929) was a Czech sculptor, with birthname František Uprka, the younger brother of folklife painter Joža Uprka (he used different surname diacritics from his brother).
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Franta Úprka (8 September 1868 – 26 January 1929) was a Czech sculptor, with birthname František Uprka, the younger brother of folklife painter Joža Uprka (he used different surname diacritics from his brother).
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Life and work He was born on 8 September 1868 in Kněždub. He was one of four children born to Jan Uprka, a farmer, and his wife Eva née Machálková, from Lipov. His father was also an amateur painter, which inspired him and his brother, Joža, to pursue careers in art. Those plans were interrupted by their father's early death, in 1874, after which their mother insisted on more practical career choices, such as teaching or the clergy. As a result, František was sent to the Piarist grammar school in Strážnice, but he performed poorly there and returned to help on the farm. Later, he was able to follow his artistic inclinations; taking classes in woodcarving at a school in Valašské Meziříčí. He never finished his courses there, choosing instead to go to Prague, where he planned to study clay modelling at the Academy of Fine Arts with Josef Mauder. However, due to his incomplete primary education, he was not accepted at the Academy. He was able to find a position as an assistant in a stone carving firm. This enabled him to learn stonemasonry from Jindřich Václav Čapek, which led to lessons in sculpture from Antonín Pavel Wagner and…
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Sources Jaroslav Kačer (Ed.): Franta Úprka: 1868–1929 (exhibition catalog), Galerie výtvarného umění v Hodoníně, 2008. ISBN 978-80-85015-52-2 Monika Eretová: Sochař Franta Úprka a jeho sepulkrální tvorba, thesis, 2013, Univerzita Karlova v Praze František Hoplíček and Oldřich Koblížek (Eds.): Almanach Sdružení výtvarných umělců moravských v Hodoníně, Hodonín 1923. Franta Úprka 1868–1929. Posmrtná výstava sochařského díla jeho (exhibition catalog), Hodonín 1930. Jan Andrys and Ilona Tunklová (Eds.): Sladké s hořkým. Ze života umělecké družiny Domu umělců SVUM v Hodoníně, Hodonín 2007. ISBN 978-80-7326-112-2
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Biographical notes @ AbART Exhibition notes @ the České muzeum výtvarných umění Biographical notes @ the České muzeum výtvarných umění Biography and appreciation by Václav Rybařík @ Kámen