Ludvík Kuba
Ludvík Kuba was a Czech landscape painter, musician, writer, professor in the Academy of Fine Arts. He was a representative of the Late-Impressionism and he collected folk traditions.Life
Ludvík Kuba studied to play the organ and privately learnt drawing from Bohuslav Schnirch and Karel Liebscher. He was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts and educated in the studio of Max Pirner. Then he studied at Académie Julian in Paris and the school of Anton Ažbe in Munich. He then devoted his life to painting, collecting folk songs and writing about folk traditions. His artistic style was highly marked with Impressionism and he mainly painted landscapes, portraits and still-lifes.Travels
He traveled through the Balkans, observed local Slavic cultures and wrote in detail about the local customs, history and feeling of the people. Memorable works include travels through Macedonia in Book about Macedonia and Songs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.Gallery
