Emanuel Krescenc Liška

Emanuel Krescenc Liška (19 April 1852 – 18 January 1903) was a Czech painter and illustrator. Most of his works were on religious themes, but he also created scenes from works of poetry.

Biography Liška was born on 19 April 1852 in Mikulovice. Not long after he was born, the family moved to Milevsko, where his father had found work as a farm manager. Their stay was short, however, as his father soon died and his mother took him to Prague. When he was nine, his mother also died, leaving him almost nothing.

As soon as he was old enough, he began taking art lessons, but had to support himself by tutoring and working as an assistant at the local gymnasium. He achieved second place in a contest to create designs for the hall of the National Theatre, then was awarded a contract by the city government to copy the designs on the calendar dial of the Prague astronomical clock.

Selected paintings