Lot 116
Jaroslav Šetelík (1881 - 1955) A VIEW OF PRAGUE

Before 1920
Oil on canvas
85,5 x 131 cm (h x w)
Signed lower right "Jaroslav Šetelík"

Starting price
100 000 CZK
   |   4 000 €
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The masterful landscape artistry in this impressive vista of Prague’s Lesser Quarter and Charles Bridge seems like an old color photograph, offering bright color tones and absolutely vivid work with light. The pastel color range excellently captures the panorama under the cover of gentle clouds, impeccably shaping the perspective. The view itself is partially obstructed by semitransparent undulating poplars, the branches of which are executed with delicate strokes of the brush.