Early Life, Family and Training Jan Malý was born on June 2, 1898, in the Královské Vinohrady district of Prague. He grew up in a household where art was a tangible part of daily life, as his father, Václav Malý, worked as a decorative painter. His mother, Antonie Marie Horáková, completed the family unit during his formative years in the Czech Republic. After finishing four classes at a local Czech real school, Jan Malý began to foll…