Václav Mánes was a Czech

Czech people

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 painter. He was the brother of Antonín Mánes

Antonín Mánes

Antonín Mánes was a Czech painter. The only pupil of Austrian painter Karl Postl, he was active as a landscapist. He was much influenced by painters of the Dutch Golden Age, such as Jacob van Ruisdael; he was also exposed to the work of Caspar David Friedrich and Johan Christian Clausen-Dahl,...

 and uncle of Quido

Quido Mánes

Quido Mánes was a Czech painter. He was the son of Antonín Mánes, nephew of Václav Mánes, and brother of Josef Mánes and Amalie Mánesová, all of whom were also painters. Some of his work may today be seen in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague.-Reference:*Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová,...

 and Josef Mánes

Josef Mánes

Josef Mánes was a Czech painter.He was taught by his father, Antonín Mánes , who was a landscape painter and the professor of arts; in addition, he was the nephew of Václav Mánes, and brother of Quido Mánes and Amalie Mánesová, all of whom were also painters...

 and Amalie Mánesová

Amalie Mánesová

Amalie Mánesová was a Czech painter. She was the daughter of Antonín Mánes, niece of Václav Mánes, and sister of Josef and Quido Mánes, all of whom were also painters. Some of her work may today be seen in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague.-Reference:*Naděžda Blažíčková-Horová, ed...

, all of whom were also painters. Some of his work may today be seen in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague

National Gallery in Prague

The National Gallery in Prague is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. It is housed in different locations within the city, the largest being the Veletržní Palác....

. Little is known of him; even the date of his birth is uncertain. He never married and lived and worked in his brother's household for the duration of his career. He spent three years living and working in Rome

Rome

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, where his chief companions were members of the Nazarenes. Stylistically, his work hovered somewhere between neoclassicism

Neoclassicism

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 and Romanticism

Romanticism

Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...

. He served as director of the Prague Academy from 1835 to 1836 and again in 1840. He won some acclaim for his depictions of scenes from the Bible

Bible

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, and painted portrait

Portrait

thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...

s as well.