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The renowned academic painter Václav Brožík was born on 5 March 1851 and is one of the most famous Czech people. He is also known as a painter of historical themes. An alumni of Academy of Arts in Prague, Munich and Dresden, Brožík later rose to the position of being elected as a foreign member of French Académie des beaux-arts. The maestro Václav Brožík died on 15 April 1901 due to sudden cardiac arrest and lies in peace at Cimetičre de Montmartre in Paris.
The Golden Award for Foreign Artists of Salon 1878 was awarded to Václav Brožík for his fascinating work 'Marriage Delegation of King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary on Court of Charles VII of France'. His other works of fame are
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, on Prague Castle Among His Artists (1901), Nocturno (1901), The Belfry in Vilamé, Brittany (1893), Rustical Genre (1890), Christopher Columbus on Spanish Court (1885), Master Jan Hus on Council of Constance (1883), The Victim of Religious Fanaticism (1877), Marriage Parade of Queen Dagmar (1877), Messalina (1876), Parting of Premysl Ottokar II With His Family Before Marching to Austria (1873), Marriage Parade of Queen Kunhuta (1872), and Eve of Lobkovic Visiting Her Father in Jail (1871).
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