Jan Bauch (painter)
Jan Bauch (born November 16, 1898 in Prague , Austria-Hungary ; † January 9, 1995 there ) was a Czech painter and sculptor.
Life
Jan Bauch first learned the craft of wood carver in his father's workshop and continued this artistic training from 1914 at the School of Applied Arts in Prague. In 1924 he successfully completed his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague .
His first works show the Cubist influence of Georges Braque and had surrealist traits for a short period in the 1930s.
When the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939 and the mood of art began to seem to concentrate on baroque traditions, the explosive temperament of Jan Bauch was particularly evident. Pictures from this period contain deformed shapes with black outlines and the intensive use of light and shadow in combination with bright pastel colors of red, green, yellow and blue.
He experienced his first international breakthrough with this work together with his artist colleague Jan Lauda at the World Exhibition in New York in 1939.
literature
- Jiri Kotalik: Jan Bauch. Vyber z dila 1928–1980 Narodnie Galerie v Praze, Prague 1980 (catalog of an exhibition).
- Jan Spurný: Jan Bauch (Umelecké orofily; Vol. 7). Odeon, Prague 1978 (résumé in French and Russian).
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Bauch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Bauch (painter) in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Belly, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1995 |
| Place of death | Prague |