Abstract
The study aims to depict the life and work of Marie Fischerová-Kvěchová (24 March 1892 - 2 June 1984), an academic painter, illustrator and author of children's books. First, in the interwar period, she was very popular.
Then, after 1948 she was a prohibited author, and in the subsequent years, she became nearly forgotten. The article attempts to chronologically describe the private and professional life of the painter and to unveil the wide-ranging scope of her work, ranging from illustrations of children's books, work influenced by traditional folk art, to advertisements and postcards.
The article uncovers her ties with the town of Černošice where the painter spent over half of her life in a family villa, the Sakrabonia. The paper also endeavours to outline the shift in how the author's work was perceived in the interwar period, during the communist era and today.
That is to say, it attempts to critically evaluate her artistic expression and interpret it in its historical context. The author of the paper aims to elaborate on this topic in greater detail in her dissertation.