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Bohumír Matal (1922-1988)

IN THE RAIN (STUDY) 2

1951
Oil on cardboard, 41x65 cm, signed and dated lower right „Matal 51“. On the reverse of the frame „B. Matal 1951 / V dešti (studie) 2 / 41x65 cm.“ and stamp with provenance. Framed. Bohumír Matal, artist whose personal charisma and artistic temperament worked as a catalyst of Brno`s art life especially in the fifties and sixties of the 20th century. He is introduced here as a prominent member of Group 42, whose program was matching with Matal`s interest in urban civilization, man`s influence on the environment and the feedback of the city and technique to human beings. The Study In the Rain deals with one of the most important Matal and group themes of the first half of the 1950s - city and evening streets in rain. The relationships between the characters in horizontal and diagonal lines in the depressing atmosphere of the rainy city are important in artist`s works from the early 1950s. Condition A.


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