Born in the Czech city of Přelouč, Franz Dvorak trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He traveled to the United States from 1890 to 1898, later moving to France and finally settling in London in 1904. His works, which included genre, religious, and fantastical subjects, were exhibited at a variety of Paris salons, the 1900 Exposition Universelle, and the London Royal Academy of Art. In the United States, he painted portraits of prominent individuals in Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago. But among his eager American audience, Dvorak’s religious paintings were the most anticipated. His Saint Lawrence Distributing the Treasures of the Church to the Poor (Gallery Oldham, Oldham, UK), which was discussed in the British and American press when exhibited at the Salon Champ de Mars in Paris in 1899, is remarkably somber in comparison to the bright exuberance of the present painting. (http://www.daheshmuseum.org/portfolio/franz-dvorak-the-angel-of-the-birds/#.Wah5QIU41WY) undefined

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