Work Vojtěch Hynais

the judgment of paris (1892), features nude, red-haired venus harbinger of both vitality , danger.

during italian period, painted religious , mythological images, including czech hospice in rome. paris, brought czech art nouveau artists contact foreign influences; he, himself, symbolist influence, , point of contact proto-impressionism. hynais part of broader axis of connection between paris , prague @ turn of century: other czech artists living in city in period included alfons mucha, františek kupka , luděk marold, among others.

hynais interested in integrating human , natural, , particularly female nudes. described delicate poet depicting beauty of female body. hynais bound religious , aesthetic considerations. did, however, maintain distance between decorative-poetic work , political-nationalist work.