The Spires of Prague Prague, 1894. The son of a miller and a baker’s daughter, Jaroslav Vodrážka begins a life shaped by the shifting borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His early impulses are raw, found in the margins of newspapers and the dust of sidewalks. He eventually finds formal discipline at a school for the applied arts, mastering the intricate mechanics of printmaking. Then, the world fractures. The Great War pulls him fr…
Scroll through Jaroslav Vodrážka's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Jaroslav Vodrážka's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.