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Viktor Oliva (April 24, 1861 – April 5, 1928) was a Czech painter and illustrator. His most famous painting, "Absinthe Drinker" ((チェコ語:Piják absintu)), hangs on the wall of the historical Café Slavia in Prague, Czech Republic. ==Life and work== Viktor Oliva was a master of drawing, illustration, and painting born in Nové Strašecí, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary 24 April 1861. His main style was Art Nouveau. At the age of 17 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague and studied under , who respected his work greatly. He continued his studies at the Munich Academy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.olivaabsinth.com/history-of-viktor-oliva-buy%20absinthe-pg-10.html )〕 In 1888 he was drawn to the Montmartre area of Paris to be part of the ever rapidly expanding artistic community there. 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. This group of actual Bohemians (from Bohemia) were right in the heart of the "Bohemian Revolution".〔 His art greatly improved in such a richly artistic environment. Paris is where he discovered the joy of Absinthe. He also greatly loved the exhilaration of ballooning. This group all held very true to the ideals that the Artistic Bohemians believed in. They all lived and worked there for several years before returning to their home in true Bohemia.〔 In 1897 he was given the job of Images Editor at the very popular Czech language magazine (Golden Prague). He held this job for 19 years. Shortly after he started work there, he married a lovely girl named Anna Adamcová who was enamored with his talent. Not long after that, she gave birth to his son Viktor Oliva Jr. (also was an aspiring artist). The marriage didn't last long, as Anna ran away with a singer named Mařák. Oliva was still able to spend some time with his son, which brought him very much joy.〔 Over the next quarter century, Oliva was very prolific in his work. He spent a lot of time with his extremely worldly best friend Josef Kořenský (a true world traveler at a time when this was incredibly difficult). Oliva was commissioned to create many dramatic works including the ceilings of several buildings in Bohemia. He also had several works hanging in his favorite cafe, Café Slavia (which now still has his most famous work "''Piják absintu''" (Absinthe Drinker) hanging proudly inside).〔 He was profiled in Český Svět magazine (a Czech lifestyle magazine like People and Time) in 1926, two years before his death. Here is a translation of the text: "Anniversary of the life (65th birthday) of such a kind and likable artist sets our memories well back – to the end of the 1880s – when the very young artist Oliva began to help with artistic decoration of Czech books with such an elegance and charm, that he soon became one of the most famous Czech illustrators up there with Luděk Marold, for example. He's done illustrations for several books of Svatopluk Čech, Jan Neruda, Karel Václav Rais, Václav Beneš Třebízský, Kronbauer – those were published for almost two decades with Viktor Oliva's illustrations. As well as numerous of other books as one of the first Czech artists in that area. Much of his work, his credits, are still underrated and sometimes even forgotten. We know Mr. Oliva as well as a landscape drawer and figure artist, of very high quality and duality – huge canvases of his hang in Café Slavia, the walls of buildings on beautiful Slavia Island, and Mestanska Beseda in Pilsen. They are still able to capture you with strong emotions and beautiful performance. He died on 5 April 1928 in Prague. He was buried in Olšany Cemetery in an area for famous artists.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viktor Oliva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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