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St Sebastian, 1912
St Sebastian is a painting of crucial importance in the work of Bohumil Kubišta (1884–1918), a prominent artist of the pre-World War I Czech avant-garde. Unlike traditional renderings of the theme of suffering of St Sebastian, a Christian martyr and saint, Bohumil Kubišta combined here Cubist form and expressivity with spiritual content. This paramount achievement in Kubišta’s oeuvre tends to be i…
Creator
- Bohumil Kubišta
- Bohumil Kubišta
Subject
- martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
- Christian religion
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Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
- Cubist
- Cubism
Medium
- oil painting (technique)
- Oil painting
Creator
- Bohumil Kubišta
- Bohumil Kubišta
Subject
- martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
- Christian religion
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Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
- Cubist
- Cubism
Medium
- oil painting (technique)
- Oil painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Creation date
- 1912
- 1912
Current location
- National Museum
Provenance
- Czech Republic
Identifier
- CZR_280_006
Extent
- Height: 98 cm, width: 74.5 cm
Year
- 1912
Providing country
- Czech Republic
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-03-10T13:12:35.026Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-06-20T14:09:54.367Z