page_title: Emanuel Salomon Friedberg-Mírohorský
section_title: Retirement
hierarchical_section_title: Emanuel Salomon Friedberg-Mírohorský / Retirement
context_page_description: Emanuel Salomon von Friedberg-Mírohorský was a Czech painter, illustrator, translator, author and officer in the Austrian Army. He was also an advocate of vegetarianism and abstinence. "Mírohorský" was an artistic pseudonym that means the same thing as "Friedberg" in Czech.
context_section_description: He retired in 1883, immediately following a gala dinner with Emperor Franz Joseph, where there was some sort of disagreement over the issue of Czech nationalism, but it is not known for certain if that was the cause. After retiring, he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown and, the following year, was created a Freiherr. 
  He settled in Prague where he devoted himself to many interests. He was still painting and writing. 
  He painted in a wide variety of genres, including battle scenes that were commissioned by the Emperor. His early works are mostly watercolors, due to the difficulty of painting in oils while out in the fields or on the move. In addition, he also illustrated books and, it is believed, provided perhaps thousand of drawings to magazines, which were published anonymously because of their anti-government content. He also had a major showing at the General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891). Most of his paintings were given away to museums, churches, friends and former associates.
  His original writings are related to his military service; notably Válečnictví polní a vojenství (a history of warfare, with a few sections written by Miroslav Tyrš). He also contributed articles to Otto's encyclopedia and wrote some theatrical plays, His greatest literary but unpublished work is autobiography "Paměti z mého žití".
  Emanuel was very linguistically gifted. He spoke fluent Czech, German, French, Italian and English and partly other Slavic languages. He translated several books into Czech.
  
  Besides painting and writing, his greatest hobby was a healthy lifestyle. From childhood he was non-alcoholic and non-smoker. He didn't drink coffee either. From 1851 he became interested in hydrotherapy and later became a vegetarian. As a pensioner he lectured on this subject and in 1893 founded "Český Kneipp", a society for a healthy lifestyle.
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