ALOIS BILEK* (Slapy 1887 – 1961 Prague) Nude in nature oil/canvas, 61 x 50,5 cm signed Bilek ESTIMATE € 1000 - ...

ALOIS BILEK* (Slapy 1887 – 1961 Prague)
Nude in nature
oil/canvas, 61 x 50,5 cm
signed Bilek

ESTIMATE € 1000 - 2000
STARTING PRICE € 1000

Alois Bilek graduated from the gymnasium in 1906 and moved to Prague where he first completed two semesters at the technical university and then moved on to study to the Academy of Fine Art. At the Academy, he was taught by Max Pirner. He took a degree in 1912. A year later, he was awarded a scholarship which allowed him to travel through Holland and Belgium to Paris, where he remained until 1928. 1913 – 1928, under the influence of František Kupka, Alois Bilek’s work began to turn toward abstraction. With his return to Prague, however, he also returned to his particular realist style. Alois Bilek mainly painted genre scenes, still lifes, and portraits (e.g. one of French poet Jean de Gourmond). Bilek was fascinated by colour, he continuously explored and experimented with various effects of colour. Symbolist renderings of the female body are also richly represented in his work. At the height of his creative career, his paintings remain true to the tenets of classical form and volume while emphasizing the physical qualities of colour and its effect on the human psyche.

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