PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kitzler, Petr
TI  - From Královské Vinohrady Around The World And Back : Life and work of the painter Josef Kitzler
DP  - 2022 Jun 15
TA  - Staletá Praha
PG  - 28--47
VI  - 38
IP  - 1
AID - 10.56112/sp.2022.1.02
IS  - 02316056
AB  - The following article is the first more detailed up to date text dedicated to the academic painter Josef Kitzler (1891-1965?), born in Královské Vinohrady, who spent many years of his life travelling, working and exhibiting in a number of European, American and African cities. Today an almost forgotten artist, painter and illustrator, his work generally belonged to the broader stream of classical modernism of the First Czechoslovak Republic. However, Kitzler's paintings inspired by his repeated stays in South Africa, often depicting local natives as well as lush exotic vegetation, thematically significantly diverge from the main stream and do not lose on attraction even today. This article cannot contain complex art historical analysis of Kitzler's work or a relevant evaluation of his place in interwar Czechoslovak art. The aim is, for the first time, to factually fill in at least some blank spaces in the life story of Josef Kitzler, with the help of newly discovered or revised information, and on the basis of contemporary reviews to expound how his work was accepted in interwar Czechoslovakia. Attached coloured plates represent the range of his paintings, which are kept in private collections, with only two exceptions according to current findings.