Věšín was born in the town of Vraný in what is today Kladno District of the Central Bohemian Region. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, but moved to the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in 1881 and graduated in 1883.
Afterwards he worked in Munich and in Slovakia, with his paintings of the period mainly related to Slovak village life. Věšín arrived in Bulgaria in 1897 and remained there for the remainder of his life. Until 1904, he was a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia and mainly worked in the area of genre painting, with notable paintings such as Threshing near Radomir (1897), Ploughman (or Land, 1899), Horse market in Sofia (1899), Smugglers (1899), In front of a market (1899), Threshing (1900), etc. The main topic of his interest was the life and labour of the Bulgarian villager.
After 1904, Věšín became the head painter with the Ministry of War and, although he did not abandon his old interests, he became famous with his masterpieces of battle painting: Manoeuvres (series began in 1899 and lasted until the Balkan Wars, The Samara flag (1911), Onslaught (or Bayonet charge, 1913), The Turkish retreat at Lüleburgaz (1913), Lüleburgaz-Çatalca (1913) and a series of sketches and complete works on the siege of Edirne.
Many of his works are displayed in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Sofia. Among Věšín's students were Nikola Petrov, Atanas Mihov, and other major Bulgarian painters.
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| Pulling the wedding 1865 |
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| Winter revelers 1880 |
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| Meeting at the well 1885 |
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| The beginning of the novel 1885 |
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| The Sleigh Ride 1888 |
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| Sledge ride in winter landscape 1890 |
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| Rolling 1892 |
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| Winter ride 1894 |
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| Falling in love 1896 |
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| Riding in wintertime 1896 |
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| Setting off by sleigh 1896 |
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| The watering troug 1896 |
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| The return from Market 1898 |
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| Smugglers 1899 |
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| A view of the Bulgarian city of Tarnovo 1900 |
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| Relaxation 1900 |
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| Hunter on a Horse Drawn Cart 1912 |
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| Hunting in winter 1912 |
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| Bulgarian infantrymen taking a Turkish position 1913 |
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| The Turkish Retreat at Lüleburgaz 1914 |
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| Horse Market 1915 |
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| Motif from the Balkans 1915 |
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| A hunter taking refreshment n.d. |
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| A Man with a Rifle: Huntsman n.d. |
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| A silent witness to love n.d. |
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| By the lilly pond n.d. |
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| Gypsies in a Village n.d |
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| Hunters in winter n.d. |
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| On the winter trail n.d. |
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| Rider with two dogs n.d. |
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| Snowfall in winter landscape n.d. |
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| Tying up the game n.d. |
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