Lot 21

Vladimír Komárek (1928 - 2002) STILL LIFE WITH A HAT

The imaginative to almost meditative work of Vladimír Komárek belongs to his typical work, which changes from expressiveness to tones of lyricism. Komárek called his paintings a piece of silence in the current cult of ugliness. He painted human subjects with extraordinary emotion and a delicate color palette, and Still Life with a Hat is a great representative of this tendency. He began his studies at the School of Glass in Železný Brod. In 1946 he was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, but after two years he transferred to the School of Applied Arts in Prague, where in 1954 he graduated from prof. Karel Štipl. During his studies, he actively engaged in both his own freelance work and participated in the activities of various groups. In the years 1965–1971, for example, he was a member of the Hollar Association of Czech Artists and Graphic Artists.