The Brief Impact of a Czech Prodigy To look at the work of Leo Lerch is to witness a career cut short before it could reach its full weight. Born in Smíchov, near Prague, this 19th-century painter possessed a technical foundation that placed him firmly within the progressive currents of his era. He did not merely follow tradition; he absorbed the rigorous training of the Munich Academy under Ludwig von Löfftz and carried those lessons…