Alfréd Justitz [SEP] place of death
Alfréd Justitz
Alfréd Justitz (19 July 1879 in Nová Cerekev – 9 February 1934 in Bratislava) was a Czech Modernist painter, illustrator, and cynologist.
Biography.
He was one of three sons born to a doctor. His first contact with art came in Jihlava, where he met the aspiring painter , who was only two years his senior. As a result, he decided to pursue a creative career and began by studying architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague with Professor Jan Kotěra, then moved to
Nová Cerekev
Nová Cerekev () is a market town in the Pelhřimov District of the Vysočina Region. Historically this town belonged to southern Bohemia.
People.
- Wenzel Chwala
- "Samuel Strnad" (1845, born here - 1908), a Jewish Czech/Austro-Hungarian manor steward, the father of Oskar Strnad
- Otto Šling (1912, born here - 1952), a Jewish Czech communist politician
- Alfréd Justitz (1879-1934), painter and dog-breeder
Districts