Lot 661: MACOUN Gustav (18. 12. 1889 Prague - 7. 10. 1934

MACOUN Gustav (18. 12. 1889 Prague - 7. 10. 1934 Prague) Autumn landscape Oil on cardboard, 20 x 24 cm, framed, undated, signed lower left. Czech landscape painter, he was a talented child and started painting early under the guidance of V. Jansa, then he studied under A. Kalvoda and A. Slavicek at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He drew inspiration mainly from the Bohemian Paradise and the Bohemian highlands, e.g. Kamenicky. He was a typical Impressionist painter and a devoted follower of A. Slavicek's conception of landscape painting. See T 2/54, V 3/290.