alfréd justitz was a czech modernist painter and illustrator, born in nová cerekev, czech republic in 1879 and died in bratislava, slovakia in 1934. he was one of three sons born into a jewish family and studied architecture at the czech technical university in prague before transferring to the academy of fine arts. early life and education justitz worked with ludwig schmid-reutte in karlsruhe and wilhelm trübner in berlin. in 1910, he…