▁Category : Spring et ts bury ▁Township , ▁York ▁County , ▁Pennsylvania <0x0A> </s> ▁V ác lav ▁Bro ží k ▁( ▁; ▁ 6 ▁March ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁T ř emo š ná ▁– ▁ 1 5 ▁April ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁Paris ) ▁was ▁a ▁Czech ▁painter ▁who ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁academic ▁style . ▁ ▁Life ▁ ▁He ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁poor ▁family , ▁studying ▁l ith ography ▁and ▁por cel ain ▁painting ▁through ▁app rent ices hips . ▁ ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 , ▁with ▁financial ▁assistance ▁from ▁a ▁local ▁land owner , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Fine ▁Arts ▁in ▁Prag ue . ▁He ▁made ▁a ▁trip ▁to ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁the ▁Old ▁Masters , ▁then ▁settled ▁in ▁Paris ▁( des p ite ▁not ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁speak ▁French ), ▁where ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁recommendation ▁assured ▁him ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁Jar oslav ▁Č erm ák . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁he ▁married ▁Herm ina ▁Sed el me yer , ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁wealth y ▁Paris ian ▁art ▁deal er ▁Charles ▁Sed el me yer . ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁he ▁divided ▁his ▁time ▁between ▁Paris ▁and ▁Prag ue , ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁Professor ▁at ▁the ▁Art ▁Academy ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁named ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Institut ▁de ▁France , ▁partly ▁through ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁his ▁father - in - law , ▁who ▁also ▁suggested