Jan Šafránek (painter)
Jan Šafránek (born April 9, 1948 in Hradec Králové ) is a Czech painter and draftsman .
Life
Jan Šafránek took private lessons in drawing and painting when he was twelve. After graduating from high school, he set up his first studio in Hradec Králové, where the first figural paintings were created. In order to earn a living, he worked in different professions at the same time. In 1969 he passed the typeface painter examination in Pardubice and worked as a painter for film advertising. In 1974 he moved to Prague , where he worked as a freelance artist, associated with artists from the alternative scene, took part in unofficial exhibitions and helped to organize happenings .
As a signatory of Charter 77 , he emigrated to Austria in 1979 and studied with Unger at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna . In 1981 he settled in Sydney . Travels led him through Australia, New Zealand, several South Sea islands, both America and again and again to Italy. In 1990 he returned to Europe and has lived in Vienna and Prague ever since.
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The themes of his works are primarily to be assigned to contemporary genre painting, in which quotations from old masters from Brueghel to Rubens can be found again and again: everyday scenes on streets and markets, in wine bars and cafes as well as allegorical festivals rich in figures.
His style is characterized by clear, detailed shapes and brilliant colors achieved by carefully mixing the hues.
Works by Jan Šafránek are in private and public collections, including a. in the Czech National Library in Prague and in the Slovak National Gallery , Bratislava.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1969 Malá Gallery Pardubice
- 1973 DH Gallery, Ústí n. Labem
- 1977 CSOZ-Jilska Gallery, Prague
- 1980 Galerie Zentrum, Vienna
- 1981 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
- 1982 University of New South Wales , Sydney
- 1983 Woollahra Art Gallery, Sydney
- 1989 The Fiveways Gallery, Sydney
- 1991 Schwarzenberg Palace , Prague
- 1998 Gemma Gallery, Prague
- 1998 Výstavní síň Mánes, Prague
- 1998 Opava artist house
- 2000 Czech Cultural Center, Vienna
- 2000 Slovak Cultural Center, Vienna
- 2004 Czech Cultural Center, Brussels
- 2004 Factory, Kunsthalle Krems
- 2007 Aventin Gallery, Prague
- 2008 Klementinum Gallery , Czech National Library, Prague
Publications (selection)
- Jan John Safranek, Obrazy 1970–1991, Ars Bohemia, Praha 1991
- Josef Kroutvor , Kavárny a bary Jana Šafránka, Revolver revue, Praha 1996
- Jan Šafránek, Obrazy a Kresby, Gema Art, Praha 1998
- Šafránek Jan, Exotika, album 24 grafických listů, Praha 2000
- catalog k výstavě v paláci Aventin, Lajka Production, Praha 2007
- Jan Šafránek, Svět lidí / The World of People, gallery, Praha 2008, ISBN 978-80-86990-39-2
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Šafránek (painter) in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Presentation at the Artothek Niederösterreich ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šafránek, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hradec Králové |