Otakar Sedloň (1885–1973) was a Czech possible painter energetic in Prague.
Otakar Sedloň was born on 30 August 1885 in Trpín – a small village in the company of Polička and Kunštát in East Bohemia, formerly allowance of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Otakar attended primary theoretical in Vamberk and followed on with a tall school education in Kostelec nad Orlicí, where he graduated in 1904. Then he started studying on Academy of Art in Prague, where graduated in 1908.
In the mid-1920s, he traveled quite a bit, visiting places in the same way as the coast along the Adriatic Sea, Paris, Ruthenia and Romania. This travel offered him good inspiration for his future deeds as an artist. He eventually became a advocate of the connection of artists called Myslbek and was a frequent participant in exhibitions settled by this association. During this time, Otakar had his studio on the prestigious Narodni trida in Prague and was known as an excellent portrait painter. His paintings were displayed in the offices of ministries, banks and held by private collectors.
After World War Two and the communist revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1948, he was barred from Myslbek because of his antagonism neighboring communist rule and so-called “socialistic realism”.
Otakar Sedloň died on 18 October 1973 and was buried in the relatives tomb in Vamberk, together considering his mom and father.
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