Q:Facts: - imagesize: 250px - death place: prague , czechoslovakia - caption: '' solitude '' - death date: 1956-11-15 - field: painting - birth date: 1900-04-26 - name: alen divis - nationality: czechoslovak - image: solitude divis.jpg - birth place: blato u podebrady , bohemia , austrian empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alen divis .
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alen divis -lrb- 26 april 1900 -- 15 november 1956 -rrb- was a czech painter known for his melancholic art .having spent much of his life abroad , often working in solitude , he remained rather unknown during his life but has had a postmortem revival in the art world .