Facts:   - imagesize: 250px    - death place: prague , czechoslovakia    - caption: '' solitude ''    - death date: 1956-11-15    - field: painting      - birth date: 1900-04-26    - name: alén diviš    - nationality: czechoslovak    - image: solitude divis.jpg    - birth place: blato u poděbrady , bohemia , austrian empire   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alén diviš .
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alén diviš -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 .