== Life ==He came from a family of painters, which included his father Antonín, his uncle and Director of the Prague Art Academy Václav, his brother Quido and his sister Amalie.
Живописцами были отец Йозефа, Антонин Манес, его брат Гвидо Манес и сестра Амалия Манесова; дядя художника, Венцель Манес, был директором пражской Художественной академии.