| Catalogue number | 0662 |
|---|---|
| Date of issue | 10.11.2010 |
| Face value | 26 CZK |
| Print sheets | 4 stamps |
| Size of picture | 40 x 50 mm |
| Graphic designer | Miloš Jiránek |
| Engraver | Václav Fajt |
Milos Jiranek (1875-1911): Piskari (Sand Bargemen), 1910, Moravian Gallery in Brno.
Milos Jiranek, also known as Vaclav Zednik, was a Czech painter, art reviewer, writer and translator. His paintings were mostly influenced by impressionism. He studied at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. His teachers at the Prague's Academy of Arts were M. Pirner and V. Hynais. Jiranek was one of the leaders of the generation of founders of Czech modern art emerging in the course of 1890s. The main features of the new generation were their critical approach to the servitude of art with respect to ideology; calling for the creative freedom of individuals and for autonomous art thinking. The struggle for emancipation of Czech art life found its expression in the establishment of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts (1887) and the art magazine Volne smery (1896).
Milos Jiranek's work as a painter remained for a long time in the shadow of his activities as an art reviewer and organizer. The quality of his graphic art, tragically ended by his premature death at the age of 36 years, has not yet been fully appreciated. The series of his masterpiece White Studies is an original synthesis of the impressionist method with an intimist atmosphere, with a well-balanced composition of colours and shapes.
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