From 1901 to 1905 he attended the grammar school at Hradec Králové, where he was an excellent pupil; however, he had to leave, apparently because it was discovered that he was a member of a secret anarchic society. He continued his schooling in Brno and Prague, finishing school in 1909. His first literary works were poems published in the weekly newspaper Nedele (Sunday) in Brno as early as 1904, although later he rarely wrote poetry. After 1909 he was publishing essays, short literary articles, and other works with his brother in reviews such as
Horkého tydeník (Horky's Weekly),
Stopa (Footprints),
Moravskoslezská revue (Review for Moravia and Silesia),
Koprivy (Nettles), and
Prehled (Overview). Between 1909 and 1915 he was a student at Charles University in Prague, where he studied philosophy and aesthetics as well as French, German, and English philology. For eight months during 1910-1911 he took time off to visit the Universities of Berlin and Paris, the latter with Josef. While they were in Paris they both became familiar with avant-garde art, particularly cubism and futurism, and after they returned home, they were instrumental in making these forms more widely known. In 1911, with other young artists, they founded the Society of Painters and Artists, which published a magazine titled
Umelecky mesícník (Art Monthly).
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